Priscansermarinus Explained

Priscansermarinus barnetti is an organism known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale which was originally interpreted as a species of lepadomorph barnacle.^{[1] [2]} Four specimens of P. barnetti are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed.^[3] A reflective area originally interpreted as external plates has been reinterpreted as a more complex structure inside the body; Derek Briggs, a leading authority on the arthropods of the Burgess Shale, has questioned its assignment as a barnacle or even an arthropod.^[4] The World Register of Marine Species places Priscansermarinus in Multicrustacea without assigning a class or order.

External links

• Web site: 2011. Priscansermarinus barnetti. Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. https://web.archive.org/20201112025257/http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=106. 2020-11-12. dead.

Notes and References

1. Priscansermarinus barnetti, a probable lepadomorph barnacle from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia . Desmond Collins & David M. Rudkin . . 55 . 5 . 1981 . 1006–1015 . 1304526.
2. Web site: Priscansermarinus barnetti . Royal Ontario Museum. 2011-06-10. burgess-shale.rom.on.ca. en . 13 December 2022.
3. J. B. Caron & D. A. Jackson . Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale . . 21 . 5 . 451–465 . 2006 . 10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. 2006Palai..21..451C . 53646959 .
4. Web site: DServe Archive Catalog Show. collections.royalsociety.org. en. 2018-10-27.