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Dickinsonia menneri

Taxonomy
Vendomia menneri was named by Keller and Fedonkin (1977). Its type specimen is GIN 4464/57 now PIN 3992/57 and is an impression. Its type locality is Right bank of the Syuzma River, 5 km upstream from the mouth, which is in an Ediacaran marine sandstone in the Verkhovka Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Vendomia.

It was recombined as Dickinsonia menneri by Ivantsov (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Vendomia menneri Keller and Fedonkin
2007Dickinsonia menneri Ivantsov p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
Dickinsoniomorpha
RankNameAuthor
genusDickinsoniaSprigg 1947
speciesmenneri(Keller and Fedonkin 1977)

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.

Dickinsonia menneri Keller and Fedonkin 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: osmotrophg
Created: 2009-10-12 10:28:56
Modified: 2009-10-12 12:28:56
Source: g = genus
Reference: Fedonkin et al. 2007

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Russian Federation Vendomia menneri (type locality: 10255)