Redoubtia

Redoubtia
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
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R. polypodia reconstructed as a holothurian-like animal
Scientific classification
Genus:†Redoubtia
Species: †R. polypodia
Binomial name
Redoubtia polypodia
Walcott 1918

Redoubtia polypodia is a fossil from the Burgess Shale that was originally described (and later refigured) by Charles Walcott as a holothurian echinoderm.[1][2] Its affinity is unclear, though; it has also been compared to lobopodians.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Walcott, C. D. 1931 Addenda to descriptions of Burgess Shale fossils. Smithson. Misc. Collect. 85, 1–46.
  2. ↑ Durham, J. W. (1974). "Systematic Position of Eldonia ludwigi Walcott". Journal of Paleontology. 48 (4): 750–755. doi:10.2307/1303225 (inactive 2018-09-26). JSTOR 1303225.
  3. ↑ Conway Morris, S. 1993 Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale-type faunas of North America. Palaeontology 36, 593–635.


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