Dickinsoniidae

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Dickinsoniidae Temporal range: Ediacaran, 555–550 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Dickinsonia costata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	†Proarticulata
Class:	†Dipleurozoa
Family:	†Dickinsoniidae Harrington & Moore, 1955
Genera
Dickinsonia ?Windermeria

Dickinsoniidae is a taxon of Ediacaran fossils with an airbed-like quilted morphology, sometimes found in association with bizarre trace fossils.^[1] It is placed within the extinct phylum Proarticulata, and contains the defined genera Dickinsonia and probably Windermeria. Phyllozoon is associated with this family, and is thought to represent ichnofossils of Dickinsonia.