Dickinsoniidae

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Dickinsoniidae
Fossil range: Ediacaran
Dickinsonia costata
Dickinsonia costata
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Incertae sedis
Phylum: Vendozoa?
Seilacher 1983
Class: Proarticulata
Order: Dipleurozoa
Family: Dickinsoniidae
Genera

The Dickinsoniidea are an enigmatic group of Ediacaran fossils with an airbed-like quilted morphology, sometimes found in association with bizarre trace fossils.


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