Where: Brithish Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.8° N, 118.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Glossopleura trilobite zone, Kicking Horse Shale Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Middle Cambrian (506.5 - 497.0 Ma)
• Stage 5, the Polypleuraspis insignis Subzone of the Glossopleura Zone
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, silty mudstone
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 188662: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 11.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Plenocaris | |
Deuteropoda | |
Branchiocaris sp. Briggs 1976 | |
Crustacea | |
Canadaspis sp. Novozhilov in Orlov 1960 | |
Megacheira | |
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Sanctacaris uncata | |
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Artiopoda | |
Naraoia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Wiwaxia sp. Walcott 1911 | |
Demospongiae | |
Leptomitus sp. Walcott 1886 demosponge |