Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 80.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Walcott Quarry Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Great Phyllopod Bed of the Walcott Quarry Member, Burgess Shale Fm, Chancellor Gp, which overlies the Wash Limestone Mbr, and is overlain by the Raymond Quarry Shale Mbr. AGE: early Middle Cambrian, Delamaran North American stage. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 20 mm thick bed, 400 cm below "lower ginger layer, representing the base of the "Phyllopod Bed".
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, calcareous siltstone and lithified, cherty/siliceous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, adpression, soft parts
Reposited in the ROM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Royal Ontario Museum staff. REPOSTORY: Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).
Primary reference: J.-B. Caron and D. A. Jackson. 2008. Paleoecology of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 258:222-256 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84418: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.10.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Morania | |
Morania sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Algae | |
Dictyophycus gracilis Ruedemann 1931 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Wahpia sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Burgessochaeta | |
Peronochaeta | |
Odontogriphus | |
Odontogriphus omalus Conway-Morris 1976 | |
Tergomya | |
Scenella amii Matthew 1902 | |
Wiwaxia corrugata Matthew 1899 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingulella "sp. A" Salter 1866 | |
Paterinata | |
Kutorginata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Hyolitha | |
Haplophrentis carinatus Matthew 1899 | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda "indet. A" Latreille 1829 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Ehmaniella burgessensis trilobite
Elrathia permulta Walcott 1918 trilobite | |
Elrathina cordillerae Rominger 1887 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Emeraldella brocki Walcott 1912 | |
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens Westergård 1936 | |
Naraoia compacta Walcott 1912 | |
Hurdia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Megacheira | |
Leanchoilia superlata Walcott 1912 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Crustacea | |
Canadaspis perfecta Walcott 1912 | |
Waptia fieldensis Walcott 1912 | |
Habelia | |
Molaria | |
Burgessia | |
unclassified | |
Priapulida "indet. B" Théel 1906 | |
Fieldia lanceolata Walcott 1912 | |
Ottoia prolifica Walcott 1911 | |
Louisella pedunculata Conway Morris 1977 | |
Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977 | |
unclassified | |
"Metazoa "indet. J"" = Animalia
| |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria eros Walcott 1920 | |
Bosworthia | |
Bosworthia sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Ctenorhabdotus | |
Ctenorhabdotus sp. Conway Morris and Collins 1996 | |
Oesia sp. Walcott 1911 | |
unclassified | |
Porifera "indet. C" Grant 1836 | |
Demospongiae | |
Hazelia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Pollingeria grandis | |
Pollingeria grandis Walcott 1911 | |
Canadia spinosa | |
Canadia spinosa Walcott 1911 | |
Marrellomorpha | |