The genus is named after Mr. John Kimber, student, teacher, and collector who lost his life during an expedition to Central Australia in 1964. Originally it was described with the name Kimberia. Dr. N. H. Ludbrook pointed out

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Kimberella has been found both in the Ediacara Hills of South Australia, in the Ust’ Pinega Formation in the White Sea region of Russia and the Kushk Series of central Iran. The White Sea fossils are often associated with the Ediacaran "animals" Tribrachidium and

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Over 1000 specimens, representing organisms of all stages of maturity, have now been found in the White Seaarea at the bottom of fine-grained sandstone layers. The large number of specimens, the small grain-size of the sediments and the variety of

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Kimberella dwelt in shallow waters (up to tens of meters in depth), sharing the calm, well-oxygenated sea floor with photosynthetic organisms and microbial mats. Assemblages bearing Kimberella often also bear fossils of Andiva, Yorgia, Dickinsonia

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All the Kimberella fossils found so far are assigned to one species, K. quadrata. The first specimens were discovered in Australia in 1959. They

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The Cambrian explosion is an apparently rapid increase in the variety of basic body structures of animals in the Early Cambrian period, starting after 543 million years ago and finishing before 518million years ago. A few of the Early Cambrian fossils were already known in the mid

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Kimberella fossils are generally preserved on top of clay-rich beds and beneath sandy beds. All fossils are preserved as depressions in the bases of beds, implying that the organism,

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