Damaged Dickinsonia specimens provide clues to Ediacaran vendobiont biology.
Recently reported specimens of the enigmatic Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia from Russia show damage and repair that provides evidence of how they grew, and of their biological affinities. Marginal and terminal areas of wilting deformation are necrotic zones separating regenerated growth, sometimes on...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
|
Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269638 |