Dickinsoniidae

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Dickinsoniidae
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Dickinsonia costata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Proarticulata
Class: Dipleurozoa Harrington et Moore, 1955
Family: Dickinsoniidae Harrington et Moore, 1955[1]
Genera

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

References

  1. Harrington, N. J. and Moore. R. C. (1955). "Kansas Pennsylvanian and other jellyfishes". Bull. Kansas geol. Surv. 114 (5): 153–163. 
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