Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 80.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bathyuriscus-Elrathina trilobite zone, Campsite Cliff Shale Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
• Pagetia bootes subzone, trilobite bed
• 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 121957: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.12.2011, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Kutorginata | |
Nisusia alberta n. sp.
Nisusia alberta n. sp. Walcott 1889 | |
Heteractinida | |
Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920
Petaloptyon danei Raymond 1931
Eiffelospongia hirsuta n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Stephenospongia magnipora Rigby 1986 glass sponge | |
Protospongia hicksi Hinde 1887 glass sponge
Diagoniella cyathiformis Dawson and Hinde 1889 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Pirania muricata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hazelia delicatula Walcott 1920 demosponge
Hazelia conferta Walcott 1920 demosponge
Hazelia palmata Walcott 1920 demosponge
Hazelia grandis Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hamptoniella hirsuta n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge
Hamptoniella foliata n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge
Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
? Halichondrites sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hapalospongia flexuosa n. gen. n. sp., Ulospongiella ancyla n. gen. n. sp.
Hapalospongia flexuosa n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge
Ulospongiella ancyla n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge | |
Choia carteri Walcott 1920 demosponge |