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 30 mm thick bed, 120 mm above "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 84421: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.10.2008, edited by Alex Lin
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Marpolia spissa | |
Marpolia spissa Walcott 1919 | |
Morania | |
Morania sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Algae | |
Florideophyceae | |
Wahpia sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Waputikia ramosa | |
Waputikia ramosa Walcott 1919 | |
Eldonia ludwigi Walcott 1911 | |
Odontogriphus | |
Odontogriphus omalus Conway-Morris 1976 | |
Tergomya | |
Scenella amii Matthew 1902 | |
Wiwaxia corrugata Matthew 1899 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Acanthotretella spinosa Holmer and Caron 2006 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingulella "sp. A" Salter 1866 | |
Paterinata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Hyolitha | |
Haplophrentis carinatus Matthew 1899 | |
Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Ehmaniella burgessensis trilobite | |
Elrathina cordillerae Rominger 1887 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Pagetia bootes Walcott 1916 | |
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens WestergÄrd 1936 | |
Hurdia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Megacheira | |
Leanchoilia superlata Walcott 1912 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Crustacea | |
Canadaspis perfecta Walcott 1912 | |
Waptia fieldensis Walcott 1912 | |
Habelia | |
Burgessia | |
Ottoia prolifica Walcott 1911 | |
Selkirkia "sp. A" Walcott 1911
Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977 | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis Walcott 1911 | |
Oesia disjuncta Walcott 1911 | |
Demospongiae | |
Hazelia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Marrellomorpha | |