IRMNG taxon details
basis of record
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]
taxonomy source
Retallack, G. J.; Broz, A. P. (2020). <i>Arumberia</i> and other Ediacaran–Cambrian fossils of central Australia. <em>Historical Biology.</em> 33(10): 1964-1988., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1755281 [details]
extant flag source
extinct group [details]
habitat flag source
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]
Unverified
Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Precambrian (Vendian) [details]
Taxonomic remark Affinities unclear; according to Retallack & Broz, 2020, Dickinsonia [hence: Dickinsoniidae] has in the past been considered as (1) lichenised glomeromycotan fungus (Retallack 1994, 2007, 2015b), (2) xenophyophoran protist (Zhuravlev 1993; Seilacher et al. 2005), (3) stem metazoan between sponges and cnidarians (Brasier 2004, Hoekzema et al. 2017; Evans et al. 2017; Dunn et al. 2018), (4) cnidarian sea jelly (Sprigg 1947; Harrington and Moore 1956), (5) cnidarian anemone (Valentine 1992), (6) polychaete worm (Wade 1972; Runnegar 1982), (7) annelid worm (Conway Morris 1979; Evans et al. 2019a), (8) turbellarian flatworm (Termier & Termier 1968, Fedonkin 1981), or (9) placozoan (Sperling and Vinther 2010). [details]
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