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Dickinsonia tenuis

Taxonomy
Dickinsonia tenuis was named by Glaessner and Wade (1966). Its type specimen is P13769a and is an impression. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner and Wade p. 622 figs. pl. 103, Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
Dickinsoniomorpha
RankNameAuthor
genusDickinsoniaSprigg 1947
speciestenuis

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Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner and Wade 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: osmotrophg
Created: 2009-10-12 10:28:56
Modified: 2009-10-12 12:28:56
Source: g = genus
Reference: Fedonkin et al. 2007

Age range: Vendian or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation Dickinsonia tenuis (10774 191891)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Dickinsonia tenuis (191887 191889 191890)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Australia (South Australia) Dickinsonia tenuis (type locality: 89842 182665 182666 191905)
Vendian635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation Dickinsonia tenuis (228550)