†Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner and Wade 1966
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Synonyms: Dickinsonia brachina Wade 1972, Dickinsonia lissa Wade 1972, Dickinsonia rex Jenkins 1992
Full reference: M. F. Glaessner and M. Wade. 1966. The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia. Palaeontology 9(4):599-628
Belongs to Dickinsonia according to S. D. Evans et al. 2023
See also Fedonkin et al. 2007 and Glaessner and Wade 1966
Sister taxa: Dickinsonia costata, Dickinsonia elongata, Dickinsonia menneri
Type specimens:
- Dickinsonia tenuis: P13769a. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.
- Dickinsonia brachina: SAM P17998.
- Dickinsonia lissa: SAM 17466/P40134.
- Dickinsonia rex: SAM P40167.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal osmotroph
Distribution:
• Ediacaran of Australia (12 collections), the Russian Federation (7)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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