Dickinsonia Fossil Pendant - Paleontology Jewelry

Dickinsonia is a marine fossil that dates to the pre-Cambrian Ediacaran period. It was a flat, oval organism with bilateral symmetry that ranged in size from several millimeters to 1.4 meters in length. Its growth was thought to be indeterminate; that is, it continually added ridges to its body until it died. Recently it was determined, based on identification of cholesterol extracted from fossils, that Dickinsonia belongs to the animal kingdom (Bobrovskiy et al, Science 361(6408):1246-1249) solving a long time paleontological puzzle. Dickinsonia is now considered the oldest known animal in the fossil record.

The pendant is 2.4 cm long and 1.9 cm wide.

If you would like to purchase a chain along with this pendant, please click on the "ADD A CHAIN" button below the material dropdown. The bail loop has an internal diameter of 4.6 mm in the longest dimension and 3 mm in the shortest.