Dickinsonia Animal Pictures
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Hollows left by Dickinsonia specimens in seafloor mats. Dickinsonia are species in the Ediacara biota. It was a worm-like animal that grew by adding body segments up to 80.
The first discovery of the Dickinsonia fossils was in 1947 in South Australia by Ilya Bobrovskiy a PhD student from the Australian National University.
Dickinsonia fossil illustration. Ancient fossil from the Ediacaran Period Sketch with ink and blue shades
The Dickinsonia lived during the late Ediacaran period and likely went extinct after this period when the earth’s oceans went completely anoxic proposed by researchers.
prehistoric under water life form
The Dickinsonia absorbs food from the bottom of their bodies because they are a stem-group protozoan.
