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, Kicking Horse Shale Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Middle Cambrian (509.0 - 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

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