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Redoubtia
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  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). Paleontological Society: 750–755. doi:10.2307/1303225. JSTOR 1303225. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |doi_brokendate= ignored (|doi-broken-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Conway Morris, S. 1993 Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale-type faunas of North America. Palaeontology 36, 593–635.