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: Bathyuriscus-Elrathina trilobite zone, Raymond Quarry Shale Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
• Pagetia walcotti subzone
• 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 121963: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.12.2011, edited by Lin Na, Martin Smith and Phil Novack-Gottshall
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Herpetogaster collinsi1 Caron et al. 2010 | |
Caryosyntrips serratus n. gen. n. sp.2
Caryosyntrips serratus n. gen. n. sp.2 Daley and Budd 2010 | |
Nectocaris pteryx | |
Nectocaris pteryx3 Conway Morris 1976 | |
Heteractinida | |
Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Protoprisma annulata Rigby and Collins 2004 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Vauxia gracilenta Walcott 1920 demosponge
Vauxia bellula Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hazelia dignata Walcott 1920 demosponge
Hazelia palmata Walcott 1920 demosponge
Falospongia ramosa Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge | |
Leptomitus lineatus Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Choia ridleyi Walcott 1920 demosponge
Choia hindei Dawson 1896 demosponge
Choia carteri Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920 demosponge |