PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bernard L. Cohen
TI  - Functional anatomy inspires recognition of Ediacaran <em>Dickinsonia</em> and similar fossils as Mollusca (Coleoidea) and precursors of Cambrian Nectocaridids and extant cuttlefish and squid
AID  - 10.1101/057372
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 057372
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/06/057372.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/06/057372.full
AB  - A functional interpretation of the problematic Ediacaran fossils Podolimurus and similar organisms such as Dickinsonia indicates that they are hitherto unrecognized members of Mollusca: Coleoidea and precursors of Cambrian Nectocaridids and of extant cuttlefish and squid. This interpretation enables a new understanding of their taphonomy and reveals how this has deceived previous attempts to understand them.