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Dickinsonia
Taxonomy
Dickinsonia was named by Sprigg (1947) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. Its type is Dickinsonia costata. It is the type genus of Dickinsoniidae.
It was assigned to Dickinsoniidae by Harrington and Moore (1955); to Erniettamorpha by Sepkoski (2002); to Placozoa by Sperling and Vinther (2010); to Dickinsoniomorpha by Erwin et al. (2011) and Darroch et al. (2018); and to Petalonamae by Hoyal Cuthill and Han (2018).
It was assigned to Dickinsoniidae by Harrington and Moore (1955); to Erniettamorpha by Sepkoski (2002); to Placozoa by Sperling and Vinther (2010); to Dickinsoniomorpha by Erwin et al. (2011) and Darroch et al. (2018); and to Petalonamae by Hoyal Cuthill and Han (2018).
Species
D. brachina, D. costata (type species), D. elongata, D. lissa, D. minima, D. rex, D. spriggi, D. tenuis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Dickinsonia Sprigg |
| 1955 | Dickinsonia Harrington and Moore |
| 2002 | Dickinsonia Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Dickinsonia Sperling and Vinther p. 207 |
| 2011 | Dickinsonia Erwin et al. pp. SOM 14 |
| 2018 | Dickinsonia Darroch et al. pp. Supplemental Table 1 |
| 2018 | Dickinsonia Hoyal Cuthill and Han p. 8 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Dickinsonia Sprigg 1947
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†Dickinsonia brachina Wade 1972
†Dickinsonia costata Sprigg 1947
†Dickinsonia elongata Glaessner and Wade 1966
†Dickinsonia lissa Wade 1972
†Dickinsonia minima Sprigg 1949
†Dickinsonia rex Jenkins 1992
†Dickinsonia spriggi Harrington and Moore 1955
†Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner and Wade 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available