Priscansermarinus

Priscansermarinus
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian (Wuliuan), ~
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.[2][1] 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]

Etymology

The genus name, Priscansermarinus, is a combination of the Latin priscus ("of ancient times"), anser ("goose"), and marinus ("sea"). It roughly translates to "sea goose", referring to the lepadomorph barnacles it was originally assigned to.[1]

The sole species, P. barnetti, is named after Robert Barnett, a member of the Royal Ontario Museum’s 1975 inaugural Burgess Shale expedition, where 62 specimens were discovered in a slab buried beneath scree.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Priscansermarinus barnetti". The Burgess Shale. Royal Ontario Museum.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.


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