Priscansermarinus

Priscansermarinus
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Superclass: Multicrustacea
Family: †Priscansermarinidae
Genus: †Priscansermarinus
Collins & Rudkin, 1981
Species:
†P. barnetti
Binomial name
†Priscansermarinus barnetti
Collins & Rudkin, 1981

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.[5]

  1. ^ Desmond Collins & David M. Rudkin (1981). "Priscansermarinus barnetti, a probable lepadomorph barnacle from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia". Journal of Paleontology. 55 (5): 1006–1015. JSTOR 1304526.
  2. ^ "Priscansermarinus barnetti". burgess-shale.rom.on.ca. Royal Ontario Museum. 2011-06-10. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ^ J. B. Caron & D. A. Jackson (2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–465. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. S2CID 53646959.
  4. ^ "DServe Archive Catalog Show". collections.royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  5. ^ WoRMS. "Priscansermarinidae Newman, 2004†". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 December 2022.