Dickinsoniidae
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Dickinsonia costata |
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| Dickinsoniidae | ||||||||
| Harrington and Moore , 1955 | ||||||||
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The Dickinsoniidae are an extinct family of the Ediacariums , which belong to the class of Dipleurozoa and thus to the tribe of Proarticulata (or to the clade Bilateriomorpha ).
etymology
The family name Dickinsoniidae is derived from the fossil taxon Dickinsonia and the Latin suffix -idae . Dickinsonia was named by its first describer, Reginald Sprigg, in honor of Ben Dickinson , then director of the mines of South Australia .
Initial description
The Dickinsoniidae family was first scientifically described by Harrington and Moore in 1955. The Dickinsonia taxon was discovered in 1947.
features
The Dickinsoniidae are characterized by their quilted, air mattress-like morphology. The family often appears with bizarre trace fossils .
Taxonomy
The Dickinsonniidae are classified in the class of the Dipleurozoa and thus belong to the Proarticulata tribe. The family includes the two genera Dickinsonia and Windermeria . The taxon Phyllozoon is also associated with the Dickinsoniidae, but should only represent an Ichnofossil of Dickinsonia .
The taxa in detail:
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Dickinsonia
- Dickinsonia costata Sprigg , 1947 (type fossil )
- Dickinsonia lissa Wade , 1972
- Dickinsonia menneri Keller , 1976
- Dickinsonia rex Jenkins , 1992
- Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner and Wade , 1966
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Windermeria
- Windermeria aitkeni Narbonne , 1994
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harrington, NJ and Moore, RC: Kansas Pennsylvanian and other jellyfishes . In: Bull. Kansas geol. Surv. tape 114 (5) , 1955, pp. 153-163 .