Tag: Dickinsonia
Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum
The fossil record speaks clearly and cries out loud: the history of life on Earth is a history of saltations.
Kimberella — The Oldest Radula (Not)
There is a strange fact that shows that any interpretation of these trace fossils has to be taken with a grain of salt.
Conflicting Views about Kimberella’s Ecology
Based on the same fossil evidence, there is obviously much room for speculation and quite different opinions.
Kimberella — A Checkered History
John Kimber collected the first fossils of this organism and died tragically at age 38 during an expedition in South Australia in 1964.
Namacalathus, an Ediacaran Lophophorate Animal?
I have been writing a series of articles on alleged Ediacaran animals that have been postulated as precursors of the Cambrian explosion.