The Burgess Shale (skeletonized fauna), Stephen Fm.: St Davids, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Echmatocrinidae
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Echmatocrinus sp.
Sprinkle 1973
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Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Protospongiidae
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Protospongia sp.
Salter 1864
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Hazeliidae
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Hazelia sp.
Walcott 1920
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Heteractinida
- Octactinellida
- Eiffeliidae
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Eiffelia sp.
Walcott 1920
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Coeloscleritophora
- Chancelloriida
- Chancelloriidae
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Chancelloria sp.
Walcott 1920
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Pterobranchia
- Dendroidea
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Chaunograptus sp.
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Eocrinoidea
- Gogiida
- Eocrinidae
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Gogia sp.
Walcott 1917
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Gogia stephenensis
Sprinkle and Collins 2006
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Sprinkle and Collins 2006 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Eocrinoidea
- Gogiida
- Lyracystidae
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Lyracystis radiata
Sprinkle and Collins 2006
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Sprinkle and Collins 2006 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
Tergomya
- Tryblidiida
- Protoconchoididae
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Scenella sp.
Billings 1872
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= ? Protoconchioides ? rasettii
Geyer 1994
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Geyer 1994 | |||||||||
Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Hyolithes sp.
d'Eichwald 1840
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Kutorginata
- Kutorginida
- Nisusiidae
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Nisusia sp.
Walcott 1905
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Paterinata
- Paterinida
- Paterinidae
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Paterina sp.
Beecher 1891
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Dictyonina sp.
Cooper 1942
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Micromitra sp.
Meek 1873
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Lingulella sp.
Salter 1866
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unclassified
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Plenocaris sp.
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Agnostida
- Ptychagnostidae
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Ptychagnostus burgessensis
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Agnostida
- Peronopsidae
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Peronopsis sp.
Corda 1847
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2 species - originally entered as "Peronopis sp." | ||||||||||
Agnostida
- Eodiscidae
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Pagetia booti
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Ptychopariidae
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Elrathina sp.
Resser 1937
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synonym of Ptychoparella | ||||||||||
3 species | ||||||||||
Pachyaspis sp.
Resser 1938
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Alokistocaridae
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Chancia palliseri
Walcott 1908
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recombined as Chanciaopsis palliseri | ||||||||||
Ehmaniella sp.
Resser 1937
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Elrathia permulta
(Walcott 1918)
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Solenopleuridae
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Solenopleurella sp.
Poulson 1927
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2 species | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Burlingiidae
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Burlingia hectori
Walcott 1908
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Walcott 1908 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Dolichometopidae
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Bathyuriscus sp.
Meek 1873
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Bathyuriscus ornatus n. sp.
Walcott 1908
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Walcott 1908 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Oryctocephalidae
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Oryctocephalus sp.
Walcott 1886
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Dorypygidae
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Olenoides serratus
(Rominger 1887)
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Ogygopsis klotzi
(Rominger 1887)
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Kootenia burgessensis
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Zacanthoididae
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Zacanthoides nomengei
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Parkaspis decamera
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Radiodonta
- Anomalocarididae
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Anomalocaris sp.
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Hymenocarina
- Perspicarididae
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Perspicaris sp.
Briggs 1977
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originally entered as "Peropicaris sp." | ||||||||||
Canadaspidida
- Canadaspididae
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Canadaspis sp.
Novozhilov in Orlov 1960
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 116.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 3.4° South, 79.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Miaolingian |
10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 3-4 | ||
*Period: | Middle Cambrian | ||
Key time interval: | St Davids | Zone: | Bathyuriscus - Elrathina |
Age range of interval: | 509.00000 - 497.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Stephen | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Bathyuriscus-Elrathina zone, middle M. Camb." |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | black "shale" |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: "deep water slope? or basin? (BA6). geosyncline; outer detrital belt" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:"S.Conway Morris 1979. The Burgess Shale (Middle Cambrian) fauna. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 1979 10:327-349. W.H. Fritz, 1969. Geological Setting of the Burgess Shale. Proc. N. Am. Paleont. Conv. 1969 p.1155-1170." |
Metadata
Database number: | 215 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski, M. Uhen, P. Wagner, A. Lin | Enterer: | M. Sommers, M. Uhen, A. Lin, P. Wagner |
Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2017-01-07 19:58:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
61174. | W. H. Fritz. 1969. Geological Setting of the Burgess Shale. Proceedings of the North American Paleontological Convention 1155-1170 [M. Uhen/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
11618 | G. Geyer. 1994. Middle Cambrian mollusks from Idaho and early conchiferan evolution. New York State Museum Bulletin 481(1):69-86 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
61173 | S. C. Morris. 1979. The Burgess Shale (Middle Cambrian) Fuana. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 10:327-349 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/J. Ju] | |
29721 | J. Sprinkle and D. Collins. 2006. New eocrinoids from the Burgess Shale, southern British Columbia, Canada, and the Spence Shale, northern Utah, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43:303-322 [A. Lin/A. Lin/A. Lin] | |
19895 | C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 2. Cambrian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(2):13-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Marcot] |