Dickinsoniidae is a taxon of Ediacaran fossils with an airbed-like quilted morphology, sometimes found in association with bizarre trace fossils. It is placed within the extinct phylum

Proarticulata Proarticulata is a proposed phylum of extinct, bilaterally symmetrical animals known from fossils found in the Ediacaran (Vendian) marine deposits, and dates to approximately . The name comes from the Greek () = "before" and Articulata, i.e. ...

, and contains the defined genera '' Dickinsonia'' and probably ''

Windermeria ''Windermeria aitkeni'' (named after Windermere, British Columbia, Canada) is a Precambrian organism from the Blueflower Formation of Sekwi Brook North, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Only one specimen has been found. ''Windermeria' ...

''. '' Phyllozoon'' is associated with this family, and is thought to represent

ichnofossil A trace fossil, also known as an ichnofossil (; from el, ἴχνος ''ikhnos'' "trace, track"), is a fossil record of biological activity but not the preserved remains of the plant or animal itself. Trace fossils contrast with body fossils, ...

s of ''Dickinsonia''.

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Ediacaran life Prehistoric animal families Ediacaran first appearances {{Precambrian-animal-stub