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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), 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), Darroch et al. (2018); and to Petalonamae by Hoyal Cuthill and Han (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1947 | Dickinsonia Sprigg |
| 1947 | Papilionata Sprigg p. 223 |
| 1955 | Dickinsonia Harrington and Moore |
| 2002 | Dickinsonia Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Vendomia 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 costata Sprigg 1947
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Invalid names: Dickinsonia minima Sprigg 1949 [synonym], Dickinsonia spriggi Harrington and Moore 1955 [synonym], Papilionata eyrei Sprigg 1947 [synonym]
†Dickinsonia elongata Glaessner and Wade 1966
†Dickinsonia menneri Keller and Fedonkin 1977
†Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner and Wade 1966
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Invalid names: Dickinsonia brachina Wade 1972 [synonym], Dickinsonia lissa Wade 1972 [synonym], Dickinsonia rex Jenkins 1992 [synonym]
Invalid names: Papilionata Sprigg 1947 [synonym], Vendomia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Vendian or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma
Collections (38 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ediacaran | Australia (South Australia) | D. brachina (191906) D. costata (10280 89834 89836 191896 194102) D. costata, D. elongata, D. tenuis (89842) D. costata, D. lissa (89838 237220) D. rex (236929 236931 236932 236933 236934) D. sp. (191904) D. tenuis (182665 182666 191905) | |
| Ediacaran | India | D. sp. (209000) | |
| Ediacaran | China (Hubei) | Dickinsoniomorpha indet. (235125) | |
| Ediacaran | Russian Federation | D. costata (10773 237205) D. costata, D. tenuis (10774 191891 237149) D. costata, Vendomia menneri (10255) D. sp. (51904 51906) D. sp., D. tenuis (237032) | |
| Ediacaran | Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) | D. costata (236886) D. costata, D. tenuis (191887) D. sp. (91641 91642 91644) D. tenuis (191889 191890) | |
| Ediacaran | Ukraine (Podolia) | D. costata (236907) | |
| Vendian | Russian Federation | D. costata (179419) |