Priscansermarinus

Priscansermarinus Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Superclass:	Multicrustacea
Family:	† Priscansermarinidae Newman, 2004
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]

References

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.

External links

• "Priscansermarinus barnetti". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.