Section A2, West of the Fossil Gully Fault (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Brithish Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 79.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Glossopleura trilobite zone, Campsite Cliff Shale Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Middle Cambrian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)

• Stage 5, Glossopleura and Bathyuriscus–Ptychoparella (Elrathina) zones

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, silty mudstone

• The Campsite Cliff Member in this section comprises rather blocky, silty mudstones, in places slightly green, pyritic, and exhibiting syndepositional current disturbances with shell hash.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: T. P. Fletcher and D. H. Collins. 2003. The Burgess Shale and associated Cambrian formations west of the Fossil Gully Fault Zone on Mount Stephen, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(12):1823-1838 [L. Na/L. Na/L. Na]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188661: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 11.09.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Crustacea
 Waptiida - Waptiidae
Waptia sp.
Waptia sp. Walcott 1912
Deuteropoda
 Hymenostraca -
Branchiocaris sp.
Branchiocaris sp. Briggs 1976
Megacheira
 Leanchoiliida - Leanchoiliidae
Leanchoilia sp.
Leanchoilia sp. Walcott 1912
 Radiodonta -
Laggania sp.
Laggania sp. Walcott 1911
 Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Anomalocaris sp.
 Sachitida -
Wiwaxia sp.
Wiwaxia sp. Walcott 1911
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Leptomitus sp.
Leptomitus sp. Walcott 1886 demosponge
 Protomonaxonida - Wapkiidae
Wapkia sp.
Wapkia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge
Dinomischus
  -
Dinomischus sp.
Dinomischus sp. Conway Morris 1977
Marrellomorpha
 Marrellida -
Marrella sp.
Marrella sp. Walcott 1912