Dickinsonia

Translingual

Dickinsonia

A fossil of Dickinsonia lissa

Etymology

Dickinson +‎ -ia. From being named in honour of Australian government official of South Australia, Ben Dickinson.

Proper noun

†Dickinsonia f

1. A genus of uncertain taxonomic placement, extinct oval quilt-like Ediacaran animals.

Descendants

• English: dickinsoniamorph

References

• Dickinsonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dickinsonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons