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Glaessner, Martin F.; Wade, Mary. (1966). The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia. Palaeontology. 9(4): 599-628.
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Glaessner, Martin F.; Wade, Mary
1966
The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia
Palaeontology
9(4): 599-628
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
New genera and species are described from the richly fossiliferous Late Precambrian strata in which a number of medusoid fossils were discovered by R. C. Sprigg in 1947 and from which various pennatulacean, annelid, and other fossils have been described since. The new genera and their type species are: Medusinites asteroides (Sprigg), Mawsonites spriggi sp. nov., Conomedusites lobatus sp. nov., Lorenzinites rarus sp. nov., Kimberia quadrata sp. nov., Rugoconites enigmaticus sp. nov., Arborea arborea (Glaessner), Ovatoscutum concentricum sp. nov., Praecambridium sigillum sp. nov. ln addition, the new species Cyclomedusa plana, Rangea longa, R. grandis, Dickinsonia elongata, D. lenuis, and Spriggina? ovata are described. The synonymjes of several genera and species are revised, and new morphological information on others, particularly Tribrachidium heraldicum Glaessner, is presented.
Paleontology, Fossils, Paleobiology
Dickinsonia Sprigg, 1947 † (additional source)
Dickinsonia elongata Glaessner & Wade, 1966 † accepted as Dickinsonia costata Sprigg, 1947 † (original description)
Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner & Wade, 1966 † (original description)
Spriggina ovata Glaessner & Wade, 1966 † (original description)
Dickinsonia elongata Glaessner & Wade, 1966 † accepted as Dickinsonia costata Sprigg, 1947 † (original description)
Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner & Wade, 1966 † (original description)
Spriggina ovata Glaessner & Wade, 1966 † (original description)
Classification
Placed as a polychaete annelid by Glaessner & Wade (1966) when described [details]
Classification
Placed as a polychaete annelid by Glaessner & Wade (1966) when described [details]
Synonymy
A synonym of D. tenuis fide EOL [source unstated] [details]
Synonymy
A synonym of D. costata fide EOL [source unstated] [details]