Dickinsonia costata

Dickinsonia costata is a species in the genus Dickinsonia, and is the type species. Like other proarticulata, it has a bilaterally symmetric body made up of isomers.

Compared to other species in the genus, it has fewer, but wider isomers.

Preserved Dickinsonia costata are found in the White Sea and Ediacaran assemblage.

Mode of Life
Dickinsonia costota lives on the seafloor, unmoving but also unattached. It feeds by absorbing nutrients from the seawater.

Time Period
Dickinsonia costata lived between 558 and 555 million years ago, in the Ediacaran 3 Age of the Ediacaran Period.