†Dickinsonia costata Sprigg 1947

Bilateria

Synonyms: Dickinsonia minima Sprigg 1949, Dickinsonia spriggi Harrington and Moore 1955, Papilionata eyrei Sprigg 1947

Belongs to Dickinsonia according to S. D. Evans et al. 2023

See also Fedonkin et al. 2007, Harrington and Moore 1955 and Sprigg 1947

Sister taxa: Dickinsonia elongata, Dickinsonia menneri, Dickinsonia tenuis

Type specimens:

  • Dickinsonia costata: SAM 13760. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.
  • Dickinsonia minima: SAM T51-2000.
  • Dickinsonia spriggi: SAM T49-2007.
  • Papilionata eyrei: Tate Museum T.8. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution:

• Vendian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Ediacaran of Australia (8), China (1), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (1)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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