Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 80.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Burgess Shale Formation, Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 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 121961: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Hexactinellida | |
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Protospongia hicksi Hinde 1887 glass sponge
Diagoniella cyathiformis Dawson and Hinde 1889 glass sponge | |
| Demospongiae | |
|
Vauxia gracilenta Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
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Pirania muricata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
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Hazelia palmata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hamptonia elongata n. sp.
Hamptonia elongata n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge | |
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Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |