Synonyms: Papilionata Sprigg 1947, Vendomia
Full reference: R. C. Sprigg. 1947. Early Cambrian (?) jellyfishes from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Tranactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 73:212-224
Parent taxon: Dickinsoniomorpha according to S. A. F. Darroch et al. 2018
See also Erwin et al. 2011, Evans et al. 2023, Harrington and Moore 1955, Hoyal Cuthill and Han 2018, Ivantsov 2007, Sepkoski 2002, Sperling and Vinther 2010 and Sprigg 1947
Sister taxa: Armillifera, Epibaion, Windermeria
Subtaxa: Dickinsonia costata Dickinsonia elongata Dickinsonia menneri Dickinsonia tenuis
Type: Dickinsonia costata
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal osmotroph
Distribution:
• Ediacaran of Australia (24 collections), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), China (1), India (1), the Russian Federation (17), Ukraine (1)
• Vendian of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 47 collections including 60 occurrences
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