Redoubtia

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]

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

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. 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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