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

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