Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.6° N, 120.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Burgess Shale Formation, Delamaran (509.7 - 505.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby and D. Collins. 2004. Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia. Royal Ontario Museum Contributions in Science 1:1-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121960: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Demospongiae | |
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? Halichondrites sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hazelia palmata, Falospongia ramosa n. sp.
Hazelia palmata Walcott 1920 demosponge
Falospongia ramosa n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge | |
|
Choia carteri Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
|
Pirania muricata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
|
Vauxia gracilenta Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
| Hexactinellida | |
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Protospongia hicksi Hinde 1887 glass sponge | |