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Extinct genus of early animals
Dickinsonia is a genus of extinct organism that lived during the late Ediacaran period in what is now Australia, China, Russia, Canada and Ukraine. It
Dickinsonia
30,000+ years old archaeological World Heritage site in Madhya Pradesh, India
caves showing a man dancing and holding a trident-like staff Fossils of Dickinsonia tenuis, an early animal from the Ediacaran Period, were reported from
Bhimbetka_rock_shelters
Protusions from the body in invertebrates
Thecosomata Clade Gymnosomata Clade Aplysiomorpha Certain structures of Dickinsonia, an extinct animal of uncertain classification, have been – although
Parapodium
Proposed extinct group of animals
and Erniettomorpha, Stromatoveris from the Lower Cambrian, as well as Dickinsonia, and identifying them as animals. This extended concept of Petalonamae
Petalonamae
Extinct phylum of animals
phylum was established by Mikhail A. Fedonkin in 1985 for such animals as Dickinsonia, Vendia, Cephalonega, Praecambridium and currently many other Proarticulata
Proarticulata
Extinct class of animals
and digested with the ventral (abdominal) surface. Dickinsonia menneri Dickinsonia tenuis Dickinsonia costata Windermeria Paleontology portal Seilacher
Dipleurozoa
Third and last period of the Neoproterozoic Era
phyla such as Proarticulata (bilaterians with simple articulation, e.g. Dickinsonia and Spriggina), Petalonamae (sea pen-like animals, e.g. Charnia), Aspidella
Ediacaran
Fossil taxon
genera Dickinsonia and probably Windermeria. Phyllozoon is associated with this family, and is thought to represent ichnofossils of Dickinsonia. Harrington
Dickinsoniidae
Marine animals without a vertebral column
Dickinsonia is one of the earliest widely accepted animal fossils and they lived about 571 million to 539 million years ago. Individual Dickinsonia typically
Marine_invertebrates
Biological kingdom
animals, but the discovery of the animal lipid cholesterol in fossils of Dickinsonia establishes their nature. Animals are thought to have originated under
Animal
Element in fossils
body is subradial divided by isomers entirely (e.g., Dickinsonia and Phyllozoon). Juvenile Dickinsonia show an undivided anterior area but this region was
Isomer_(Proarticulata)
Life of the Ediacaran period
confirmed that one of the period's most-prominent and iconic fossils, Dickinsonia, included cholesterol, suggesting affinities to animals, fungi, or red
Ediacaran_biota
First geological period of the Paleozoic Era
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Cambrian
Vendian fossil
often found together with other species from the Ediacara biota, like Dickinsonia, Yorgia, Kimberella, Parvancorina, Tribrachidium and others. Morphologically
Andiva
Australian paleontologist
published on a wide variety of topics, including the phylogeny of molluscs, Dickinsonia fossils and oxygen levels, and molecular clock techniques. One of the
Bruce_Runnegar
Great changes in evolutionary history
Dickinsonia, an organism of the Ediacaran Period that precedes the Cambrian, whose affinity is still unknown.
Megaevolution
Period of major evolutionary diversification of animal life
Dickinsonia costata, an Ediacaran organism of unknown affinity, with a quilted appearance
Cambrian_explosion
Genus of proarticulate
proarticulates, like Dickinsonia, Andiva and Marywadea, with it being mentioned that Ivovicia could represent junior specimens of Dickinsonia or Andiva due to
Ivovicia
Structure and development of early multicellular organisms
the fossils that Charnia must have lived around 565 million years ago. Dickinsonia fossils are another notable fossil from the Ediacaran period, found in
Precambrian_body_plans
Primitive Mollusc-like organism
fossils are often associated with the Ediacaran animals Tribrachidium and Dickinsonia, as well as meandering trace fossil trails (possibly made by Kimberella
Kimberella
Fossil classification
because of its morphological similarity with the iconic Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia, and may have been a late surviving vendobiont. Rutgersella truexi is
Rutgersella
Proposed evolutionary event in the history of metazoa, producing the Ediacaran biota
Dickinsonia, an enigmatic quilted organism with glide symmetry which may have been an early animal
Avalon_explosion
Worldwide glaciation episodes during the Proterozoic eon
Dickinsonia costata, an Ediacaran organism of unknown affinity, with a quilted appearance
Snowball_Earth
Extinct genus of marine animals
more in common with Dickinsonia brachina. Gehling (2006) noted that there is 'no evidence that Praecambridium is a juvenile Dickinsonia, Spriggina or Marywadea
Praecambridium
known; E. waggoneris was produced by Yorgia waggoneri; E. costatus by Dickinsonia costata; and E. axiferus, the type species, has as yet not been found
Epibaion
Extinct proarticulate animal
groups of positive body imprints are documented for Dickinsonia costata as well and Dickinsonia cf. tenuis. Paleontology portal List of Ediacaran genera
Yorgia
Extinct lyre-shaped genus of erniettomorph
similarities with a Dickinsonia-like fossil from the Farm Aar locality in Namibia, although it was further noted that the Dickinsonia-like fossil has modules
Tulaneia
Clade of single-celled organisms
of Dickinsonia cast doubt on this identification, as these sterols are today associated only with animals. These researchers suggest that Dickinsonia and
Xenophyophorea
Diversification of animal burrowing
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Cambrian_substrate_revolution
Ovoid Cambrian animal with a bulbous tail
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Ooedigera
Symbiosis of fungi with algae
and spores. It has also been claimed that Ediacaran fossils including Dickinsonia, were lichens, though this claim is widely rejected. Endosymbiotic Glomeromycota
Lichen
Dickinsonia
List of White Sea biota species by phylum
List_of_White_Sea_biota_species_by_phylum
Extinct genus of animals
reveals that the segments do not match across the midline, just as in Dickinsonia. In 1989 Seilacher turned the interpretation upside-down, suggesting
Spriggina
Attempt to explain evolution by forces other than natural selection
mechanical inflation for "pneu" structures in Ediacaran biota fossils such as Dickinsonia. Günter P. Wagner argued for developmental bias, structural constraints
Structuralism_(biology)
Basal animal clade as a sister group of the Porifera
been identified as definite eumetazoans like- Kimberella, Haootia and Dickinsonia. Ediacaran fossils preserve very little details so identifying one as
Eumetazoa
Phylum of segmented worms
mineralized tubes that some secreted. Some Ediacaran fossils such as Dickinsonia in some ways resemble polychaetes, but the similarities are too vague
Annelid
Extinct genus of animals
that resembles Dickinsonia, another Ediacaran organism. Palaeoplatoda has a leaf-like, segmented body, that is similar to Dickinsonia, but with a narrower
Palaeoplatoda
Organisms that live in salt water
animal fossils may belong to the genus Dickinsonia, 571 million to 541 million years ago. Individual Dickinsonia typically resemble a bilaterally symmetrical
Marine_life
German song about a fir tree, associated in English with Christmas
to Labrador", regional anthem Dickinson College's alma mater, "Noble Dickinsonia," with words written by Horatio Collins King. The College of the Holy
O_Tannenbaum
Extinct Ediacaran animal
Funisia, and even the feeding traces of other motile organisms, such as Dickinsonia. Uncus was discovered in the Ediacara Member of the Rawnsley Quartzite
Uncus_dzaugisi
Upper Vindhyan rocks. A recent claim of the iconic Ediacaran fossil "Dickinsonia" located in the Upper Bhander (Retallack et al., 2021) required an Ediacaran
Geology_of_India
American paleontologist (born 1951)
position. In 2020, Retallack and other researchers claimed to have found Dickinsonia fossils from Bhimbetka rock shelters, India. However, in 2023 other researchers
Gregory_Retallack
Extinct species of marine invertebrate
chondrophorine cnidarian. It has also been interpreted as a deformed Dickinsonia. The Vendobionta theory has them as "fluid–filled quilts". As with most
Chondroplon
Private college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, US
and author, alumnus Horatio Collins King, wrote the alma mater, "Noble Dickinsonia" to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree"). In 1937 the college
Dickinson_College
Genus of Precambrian organisms
The axial structure of it combines features of the Vendia species and Dickinsonia species. It was found in the Upper Vendian of the White Sea area, Arkhangelsk
Cyanorus
Extinct genus of Ediacaran fossil
alternating segments; the segments' microstructure resembles that of Dickinsonia. This combination of features suggests close relationships between the
Swartpuntia
Phylum of aquatic animals
from the Ediacaran biota (Precambrian, 550 million years ago) such as Dickinsonia have been suggested to be stem-placozoans based on some similarities
Placozoa
Fan-shaped Ichnofossils associated with Kimberella
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Kimberichnus
Ediacaran fossil
although there is some vague resemblance to other Ediacaran forms such as Dickinsonia and Spriggina that share some of its enigmatic characteristics, such
Pteridinium
Scientific theory in vertebrate development
is correct, then the first stage was the enigmatic Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia, and the second stage is represented by the early Cambrian Yunnanozoon
Axial_twist_theory
Geological formation in northwestern Russia
and common Ediacaran fauna, from the well known motile forms such as Dickinsonia and Kimberella, to the rarer, more elusive forms like Ventogyrus and
Ustʹ_Pinega_Formation
Possible simple urbilateran candidate
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Urbilaterian
abstraction usually used as an honorific for a person or place. Examples: Dickinsonia ('for Dickinson'); Cooksonia ('for Cookson'); Coloradia ('for Colorado');
List of commonly used taxonomic affixes
List_of_commonly_used_taxonomic_affixes
Extinct genus of invertebrates
Fedonkin erected Phylum Proarticulata, in which he placed: Cephalonega, Dickinsonia, Palaeoplatoda, Vendia, Vendomia, Praecambridium and Pseudovendia sp
Cephalonega
Genus of Ediacaran animal
assemblage) it is community of the Metazoa and problematic organisms: Dickinsonia, Yorgia, Kimberella, Charnia, Charniodiscus, Cyclomedusa, Ediacaria,
Eoandromeda
Phylum of amoeboid protists
of diagenetically altered C27 sterols associated with the remains of Dickinsonia cast doubt on this identification and suggest it may instead be an animal
Foraminifera
Group of extinct creatures that were part of the Ediacaran biota
Dickinsonia, a proarticulate.
Vendobionta
Extinct species of aquatic animal
opposite arrangement. Windermeria superficially resembles a diminutive Dickinsonia and as such is the only possible dickinsoniid proarticulatan known exclusively
Windermeria
Geologic formation in China
not only a wide array of Ediacaran organisms such as Paracharnia and Dickinsonia, but also rare examples of Cambrian-like organisms, such as Alienum.
Dengying_Formation
German paleontologist
Dickinsonia fossil described as a "pneu" structure with chambers inflated like a quilted air mattress
Adolf_Seilacher
Fossils from the Ediacaran and Cambrian periods
S2CID 27418253. Retallack, G.J. (2007). "Growth, decay and burial compaction of Dickinsonia, an iconic Ediacaran fossil" (PDF). Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal
Small_shelly_fauna
Mass extinction event at the end of the Ediacaran period, 539 million years ago
been interpreted as surviving vendobionts, comparable with Ediacaran Dickinsonia and Spriggina, respectively. Negative δ13C excursions—geochemical signals
End-Ediacaran_extinction
J. Horace McFarland Company (1933) Chapter 15 [2] [3] Encyclopedia Dickinsonia Faculty Index 1783– Charles Francis Himes A Sketch of Dickinson College
Eugenius_Nulty
Series of Early Cambrian deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation in China
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Maotianshan_Shales
Extinct genus of marine animals
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Tamisiocaris
Extinct species of animal
Yorgia, because of the similar anterior region, and to a lesser extent Dickinsonia and other proarticulates. Archaeaspinus belongs to the phylum Proarticulata
Archaeaspinus
Ediacaran organism
Gregory J. (September 2007). "Growth, decay and burial compaction of Dickinsonia , an iconic Ediacaran fossil". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of
Phyllozoon
American military pilot (1959–1991)
August 30, 2009. "Marie T. Rossi, USA, Class of 1980". Encyclopedia Dickinsonia. Archived from the original on April 11, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2009
Marie_Rossi
1 cm (0.39 in), up to the largest specimens of 66 cm (26 in) in length. Dickinsonia tenuis reached 1.4 m (4.6 ft) in length, that makes it one of the largest
Largest_prehistoric_animals
Dickinsonia costata, an iconic Ediacaran organism, displays the characteristic quilted appearance of Ediacaran enigmata.
Timeline_of_life
Major geological province in Australia
(21 September 2018). "Ancient steroids establish the Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia as one of the earliest animals". Science. 361 (6408): 1246–1249. Bibcode:2018Sci
Adelaide_Superbasin
symmetrical animals. Earliest arthropods. Earliest fungi. c. 558 Ma – Dickinsonia, a large slow moving disc-like creature, first appears – the discovery
Timeline_of_Earth
Species of trilobite (fossil)
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Buenellus
197–225. Archived from the original on 2011-04-09. Wade, M. (1972). "Dickinsonia: Polychaete worms from the late Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia"
1972_in_paleontology
Extinct genus of proarticulatan fossil
the prevailing consensus at the time for other proarticulates, like Dickinsonia. When the original material, alongside new material, was redescribed
Marywadea
Genus of animal discovered as an Australian fossil
Funisia, now unburied and providing nutrients to other organisms, like Dickinsonia, now living on top of them, facilitating colonisation of the area from
Funisia
Geologic formation in Utah notable for trilobite fossils
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Wheeler_Shale
Extinct worm-like organism from the Ediacarian period
resemble any of the other animals from the time period, such as Charnia, Dickinsonia, or Kimberella, bilateral symmetry or not. No other Ediacarian animal
Plexus_ricei
Geological record of biological activity
fossils have been found directly associated with body fossils. Yorgia and Dickinsonia are often found at the end of long pathways of trace fossils matching
Trace_fossil
Chemical compound
study linked the source of cholestane to a specific Ediacaran fossil (Dickinsonia) to provide constraints to the taxonomic classification of Ediacaran
Cholestane
Fossilised Precambrian life forms
1958 Petalonamae UK Chondroplon Wade 1971 Probably a junior synonym of Dickinsonia Australia Cloudina Germs 1972 Annelida? Tubular fossil Namibia Cocardia
List_of_Ediacaran_genera
American politician
Graveyard 1700-1906. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company. 1907. p. 194. Retrieved July 13, 2022. The Political Graveyard Encyclopedia Dickinsonia
Isaac_Wayne
Fossil of possible very early bilateral animal
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Vernanimalcula
Devonian fossil of a plant-like thallose organism
2009-02-25. Retallack, G. J. (2007). "Growth, decay and burial compaction of Dickinsonia, an iconic Ediacaran fossil" (PDF). Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal
Spongiophyton
Small Cambrian arthropod
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Buenaspis
Species of fungi that live in marine or estuarine environments
and spores. It has also been claimed that Ediacaran fossils including Dickinsonia, were lichens, although this claim is controversial. Endosymbiotic Glomeromycota
Marine_fungi
American lawyer and politician (1884–1937)
Encyclopedia Dickinsonia Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Delaware's Members of Congress Encyclopedia Dickinsonia . Wilbur L. Adams
Wilbur_L._Adams
II.31. "Defining The Computer: The Atarilab Temperature Module". The Dickinsonia History Project. Chapnick 1984, p. 37. Laws, Priscilla (2004). Promoting
AtariLab
Extinct genus of large Lobopodian
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Hadranax
Extinct gilled lobopod
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Kerygmachela
American Methodist minister and writer (1822–1897)
York: D. Appleton. George Richard Crooks (1822–1897) at Encyclopedia Dickinsonia Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Richard Crooks. George
George_Richard_Crooks
American football, basketball, and track and field coach
August 17, 2009. "Andrew Kerr (1878-1969)". Chronicles:Encyclopedia Dickinsonia. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2008
Andrew_Kerr
Geologic formation in Canada
assigned to the Gametrail, which would introduce a range of fossils from Dickinsonia to Funisia to the formation. Although no new stratigraphic subdivision
Gametrail_Formation
American Methodist bishop (1896–1985)
the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2015-06-24. (1965) Encyclopedia Dickinsonia: Fred Pierce Corson [1] Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville
Fred_Pierce_Corson
Public communication of science-related topics to non-experts
October 2016. "Showing off: Scientific Lecturing in the 19th century". The Dickinsonia History Project. Dickinson College. Archived from the original on 4 November
Science_communication
Zakhrevskaya (2025). Dickinsonia minima Sp. nov. Junior synonym Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A member of the genus Dickinsonia. Synonym of Dickinsonia costata. Magdiana
1949_in_paleontology
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Dickinsonia rex Synonym of Dickinsonia tenuis Jenkins Ediacaran Australia
1992_in_paleontology
Fossil formation in south-central China
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Doushantuo_Formation
Extinct genus of invertebrates
Retallack, researcher who supports theory that Ediacaran biota like Dickinsonia being lichens, claimed that there is evidence for freshwater environments
Ernietta
American minister (1804–1868)
Retrieved April 10, 2016. Dickinson College Alumni, 1826–1850 (Encyclopedia Dickinsonia, Dickinson College) The Pennsylvania College Book, 1832–1882 (E.S. Breidenbaugh
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