†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, Glaessner and Wade 1966 and Harrington and Moore 1955

Sister taxa: Dickinsonia elongata, Dickinsonia tenuis

Type specimens:

  • Dickinsonia costata: SAM 13760
  • Dickinsonia minima: SAM T51-2000.
  • Dickinsonia spriggi: SAM T49-2007.
  • Papilionata eyrei:

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution:

• Vendian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Ediacaran of Australia (7), China (1), the Russian Federation (6), Ukraine (1)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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