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]
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| R. polypodia reconstructed as a holothurian-like animal | |
Scientific classification 
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| Genus: | †Redoubtia |
| Species: | †R. polypodia
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| †Redoubtia polypodia Walcott 1918
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References
edit- ^ 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. 48 (4): 750–755. 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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