Redoubtia Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Walcott, C. D. 1931 Addenda to descriptions of Burgess Shale fossils. Smithson. Misc. Collect. 85, 1–46.
  2. 1303225. 750–755. Systematic Position of Eldonia ludwigi Walcott. Journal of Paleontology. 48. 4. 1974 . Durham. J. W..
  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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