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Dickinsonia tenuis

Taxonomy
Dickinsonia tenuis was named by Glaessner and Wade (1966). Its type specimen is P13769a and is an impression. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner and Wade p. 622 figs. pl. 103, Fig. 1
1972Dickinsonia brachina Wade
1972Dickinsonia lissa Wade
1992Dickinsonia rex Jenkins
2023Dickinsonia tenuis Evans et al. pp. 18-19 figs. 1E–I, J; 4C, D–I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—Dickinsoniomorpha
RankNameAuthor
genusDickinsonia
speciestenuis

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 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]
Diagnosis
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