Epibaion
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Epibaion is an Ediacaran Proarticulatan imprint, often occurring in chains, that is interpreted as a feeding trace; some chains terminate in a body fossil, allowing their maker to be identified. Several specimens are known; E. waggoneris was produced by Yorgia
waggoneri; E. costatus by Dickinsonia
costata, and E. axiferus, the type species, has as yet not been found with a trace-maker.
Yorgia
Yorgia waggoneri is a member of the Ediacara biota, and resembles a cross between the organisms Dickinsonia and Spriggina. It has a low, segmented body consisting of a short wide "head", no appendages, and a long body region, reaching a maximum length of...
waggoneri; E. costatus by Dickinsonia
Dickinsonia
Dickinsonia is an iconic fossil of the Ediacaran biota. It resembles a bilaterally symmetrical ribbed oval. Its affinities are presently unknown; most interpretations consider it to be an animal, although others suggest it may be fungal, or a member of an "extinct kingdom".-Species variety:A...
costata, and E. axiferus, the type species, has as yet not been found with a trace-maker.