BA -150 [Great Phyllopod Bed, Walcott Quarry Mbr, Burgess Shale Fm]: Delamaran, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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"Creeposaurus" sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Sarotrocercus oblita
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Scleritomorph informal indet. A
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Scleritomorph informal indet. C
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Tubullela sp.
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49 specimens | |||||||||
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Waputikia ramosa
Walcott 1919
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Algae
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Algae informal indet. F
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Algae informal indet. G
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Dictyophycus gracilis
Ruedemann 1931
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Morania sp.
Walcott 1919
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115 specimens | |||||||||
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Metazoa indet.
Haeckel 1874
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Animalia | ||||||||||
| Listed as: "Siamese-lantern-like" | ||||||||||
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Cambrorhytium fragilis
(Walcott 1911)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Selkirkia fragilis | ||||||||||
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Cambrorhytium major
(Walcott 1908)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Selkirkia major | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Actiniaria
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Mackenzia costalis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Coeloscleritophora
- Chancelloriida
- Chancelloriidae
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Chancelloria eros
Walcott 1920
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Portalia mira
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Dinomischus sagittiformis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Porifera informal indet. A
Grant 1836
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Porifera informal indet. B
Grant 1836
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Heteractinida
- Octactinellida
- Eiffeliidae
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Eiffelia globosa
Walcott 1920
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Vauxiidae
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Vauxia sp.
Walcott 1920
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Choiidae
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Choia sp.
Walcott 1920
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58 specimens | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Wapkiidae
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Wapkia grandis
Walcott 1920
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Takakkawiidae
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Takakkawia lineata
Walcott 1920
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Leptomitidae
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Leptomitus lineatus
(Walcott 1920)
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67 specimens | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Hazeliidae
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Crumillospongia sp.
Rigby 1986
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Hazelia sp.
Walcott 1920
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138 specimens | |||||||||
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Falospongia falata
Rigby 1986
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Piraniidae
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Pirania muricata
Walcott 1920
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49 specimens | |||||||||
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Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Protospongiidae
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Diagoniella hindei
Walcott 1920
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Protospongia hicksi
Hinde 1887
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Pterobranchia
- Dendroidea
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Chaunograptus scandens
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pterobranchia
- Dithecodendridae
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Dalyia sp.
Walcott 1919
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Edrioasteroidea
- Stromatocystitidae
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Walcottidiscus sp.
Bassler 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Wiwaxia corrugata
(Matthew 1899)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Orthotheca corrugata | ||||||||||
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Tergomya
- Scenellidae
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Scenella amii
(Matthew 1902)
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164 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda informal indet. A
Cuvier 1805
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Acanthotretella spinosa
Holmer and Caron 2006
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Holmer and Caron 2006 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Kutorginata
- Kutorginida
- Nisusiidae
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Nisusia burgessensis
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Bohemiellidae
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Diraphora bellicostata
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54 specimens | |||||||||
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Paterinata
- Paterinida
- Paterinidae
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Micromitra burgessensis
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44 specimens | |||||||||
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Paterina zenobia
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Acrotretida
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Acrothyra gregaria
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Lingulella informal sp. A
Salter 1866
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Lingulella waptaensis
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46 specimens | |||||||||
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Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Haplophrentis carinatus
(Matthew 1899)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Chaetognatha informal indet. A
Leuckart 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hallucigenia sparsa
Conway Morris 1977
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bradoriida
- Svealutidae
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Liangshanella burgessensis
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326 specimens | |||||||||
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Liangshanella informal sp. A
Huo 1956
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Burgessia bella
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33 specimens | |||||||||
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Hymenocarina
- Perspicarididae
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Perspicaris dictynna
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Perspicaris recondita
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Waptiida
- Waptiidae
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Waptia fieldensis
Walcott 1912
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41 specimens | |||||||||
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Canadaspidida
- Canadaspididae
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Canadaspis perfecta
(Walcott 1912)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Mollisoniida
- Mollisoniidae
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Mollisonia sp.
Walcott 1912
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Megacheira
- Yohoiida
- Yohoiidae
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Yohoia tenuis
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Megacheira
- Leanchoiliida
- Leanchoiliidae
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Leanchoilia superlata
Walcott 1912
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Alalcomenaeus cambricus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Isoxyida
- Isoxyidae
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Isoxys acutangulus
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Agnostida
- Peronopsidae
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Ptychagnostus praecurrens
(Westergård 1936)
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757 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pentagnostus praecurrens | ||||||||||
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Agnostida
- Eodiscidae
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Pagetia bootes
Walcott 1916
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106 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Sidneyia inexpectans
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Walch 1771
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197 specimens | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Oryctocephalidae
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Oryctocephalus matthewi
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Oryctocephalus burgessensis
Resser 1938
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30 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Oryctocephalites burgessensis | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Dorypygidae
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Olenoides serratus
(Rominger 1887)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Kootenia burgessensis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Alokistocaridae
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Ehmaniella burgessensis
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Ptychopariidae
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Elrathina cordillerae
(Rominger 1887)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Nektaspidida
- Naraoiidae
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Naraoia compacta
Walcott 1912
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Radiodonta
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Laggania cambrica
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Radiodonta
- Hurdiidae
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Hurdia sp.
Walcott 1912
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Tuzoida
- Tuzoiidae
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Tuzoia informal sp. B
Walcott 1912
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Molaria spinifera
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Plenocaris plena
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Priscansermarinus ? barnetti
Collins and Rudkin 1981
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Odaraiida
- Pectocariidae
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Odaraia alata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Pectocaris | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Habelia brevicauda
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Habelia optata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Ottoidae
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Ottoia prolifica
Walcott 1911
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Selkirkiidae
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Selkirkia informal sp. A
Walcott 1911
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Selkirkia columbia
Conway Morris 1977
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28 specimens | |||||||||
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Marrellomorpha
- Marrellida
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Marrella splendens
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172 specimens | |||||||||
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Aysheaidae
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Aysheaia pedunculata
Walcott 1911
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 116.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.7° South, 80.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Delamaran |
| Age range of interval: | 511.00000 - 506.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chancellor | Formation: | Burgess Shale | Member: | Walcott Quarry |
| Local section: | Walcott Quarry | Local bed: | -150 cm | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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 60 mm thick bed, 150 mm below "lower ginger layer, representing the base of the "Phyllopod Bed". | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified cherty/siliceous mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Cm-scale interbedded siliceous mudstone and calcisiltites. LITHIFICATION: Lithified. | |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deep-water depositional environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression,adpression,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Collection size: | 2930 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | ROM |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Royal Ontario Museum staff. REPOSTORY: Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for all taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84426 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, A. Lin | Enterer: | A. Hendy, A. Lin |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-10-18 21:01:30 | Last modified: | 2022-11-13 00:15:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-10-18 21:01:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28283. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 29717 | fossil record | L. E. Holmer and J.-B. Caron. 2006. A spinose stem group brachiopod with pedicle from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Acta Zoologica 87:273-290 [A. Lin/A. Lin] |