Dickinsonia Sprigg 1947

Bilateria

Parent taxon: Dickinsoniomorpha according to S. A. F. Darroch et al. 2018

See also Erwin et al. 2011, Harrington and Moore 1955, Hoyal Cuthill and Han 2018, Sepkoski 2002 and Sperling and Vinther 2010

Sister taxa: Andiva, Epibaion, Windermeria

Subtaxa: Dickinsonia brachina Dickinsonia costata Dickinsonia elongata Dickinsonia lissa Dickinsonia minima Dickinsonia rex Dickinsonia spriggi Dickinsonia tenuis

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Type: Dickinsonia costata

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal osmotroph

Distribution:

• Ediacaran of Australia (12 collections), India (1), the Russian Federation (12)

• Vendian of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 26 collections including 33 occurrences

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