Redoubtia

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Redoubtia
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
R. polypodia reconstructed as a holothurian-like animal
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Genus: Redoubtia
Species:
R. polypodia
Binomial name
Redoubtia polypodia
Walcott 1918

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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