Redoubtia
| Redoubtia polypodia Temporal range: Burgess Shale | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Redoubtia |
| Species: | † R. polypodia |
| Binomial name | |
| Redoubtia polypodia Walcott 1918 | |
Redoubtia 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
- ↑ Walcott, C. D. 1931 Addenda to descriptions of Burgess Shale fossils. Smithson. Misc. Collect. 85, 1–46.
- ↑ Durham, J. W. (1974). "Systematic Position of Eldonia ludwigi Walcott". Journal of Paleontology (Paleontological Society) 48 (4): 750–755. doi:10.2307/1303225 (inactive 2015-02-28). JSTOR 1303225.
- ↑ Conway Morris, S. 1993 Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale-type faunas of North America. Palaeontology 36, 593–635.
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