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, S7 community
• 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 121959: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.12.2011, edited by Lin Na
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Caryosyntrips serratus Daley and Budd 2010 | |
Amplectobelua stephenensis Daley and Budd 2010 | |
Heteractinida | |
Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920
Petaloptyon danei Raymond 1931 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Protospongia hicksi Hinde 1887 glass sponge
Diagoniella cyathiformis Dawson and Hinde 1889 glass sponge | |
Protoprisma annulata n. gen. n. sp.
Protoprisma annulata n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Vauxia bellula Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Pirania muricata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Wapkia elongata n. sp., Wapkia grandis
Wapkia elongata n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge
Wapkia grandis Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hazelia conferta Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Leptomitus lineatus Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Choia carteri Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920 demosponge |