Dickinsonia

extinct genus of early animals

Taxon fossil_taxon Q292078

Facts

8 properties

Instance of: fossil taxon
Named after: Ben Dickinson^[3]
Parent taxon: Dickinsoniidae^[4]
Taxon name: Dickinsonia^[5]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]
Taxon synonym: Papilionata, Vendomia^[7]^[8]
Taxonomic type: Dickinsonia costata^[6]
Time period: Ediacaran^[9]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 8

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Dickinsonia species.png ↗
Fossilworks taxon ID: 4717
Freebase ID: /m/01llg_
GBIF taxon ID: 7345518
IRMNG ID: 1067237
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2779569475
Open Tree of Life ID: 6372035
Topic's main category: Category:Dickinsonia

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Dickinsoniidae

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genus

Time period 1

Ediacaran

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Summary

Dickinsonia is a fossil taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Dickinsonia — taxon rank (P105): genus. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Dickinsonia — named after (P138): Ben Dickinson. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Dickinsonia — parent taxon (P171): Dickinsoniidae. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Dickinsonia — taxon name (P225): Dickinsonia. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Dickinsonia — taxonomic type (P427): Dickinsonia costata. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Dickinsonia — taxon synonym (P1420): Papilionata. Species of Dickinsonia Sprigg from the Ediacaran of South Australia. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Dickinsonia — taxon synonym (P1420): Vendomia. Small Vendian transversely Articulated fossils. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Dickinsonia — time period (P2348): Ediacaran. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Dickinsonia is an instance of fossil taxon (Q23038290) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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