I mentioned I'd upload my shitty amateur Dickinsonia reconstruction a while back but never did, so here it is. #paleontology #ediacaran #Dickinsonia #paleoart

AWW look at this cute kit where you can paint your own #ediacaran animals and then keep them as friends!

This is for all three scenes, but I might need that #Dickinsonia... would that be a good mother's day gift?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1140585532/ediacaran-biota-3-pack-resin-cast-garage?click_key=688c2c3b22a1ddf57cb974eaf0208ef915e8ea73%3A1140585532&click_sum=8f41c287&external=1&ref=hp_opfy-1-3

"We show that 558-million-year (Ma)-old tube worm-like #Calyptrina and mollusc-like #Kimberella possessed a gut and shared a #diet of green #algae and bacteria. Despite their ancient age, sterol #metabolism within the gut of both organisms was already comparable to extant invertebrates. 
#Dickinsonia, one of the key #Ediacaran animals, show no traces of dietary molecules, indicating a different feeding mode and possible external #digestion analogous to modern #Placozoa."

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01699-2