RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 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
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 057372
DO 10.1101/057372
A1 Bernard L. Cohen
YR 2016
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/06/057372.abstract
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.