south slope of Mount Bosworth (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.3° W: paleocoordinates 3.8° S, 80.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Albertella trilobite zone, Cathedral Formation, Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)

• PJW: This should be Cathedral formation now.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; cherty/siliceous shale

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 2. Cambrian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(2):13-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68908: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Bathyuriscus "sp. a"
Bathyuriscus "sp. a" Meek 1873 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
"Albertella bosworthi n. sp." = Paralbertella bosworthi, Albertella hellena n. gen. n. sp.
"Albertella bosworthi n. sp." = Paralbertella bosworthi Walcott 1908 trilobite
Albertella hellena n. gen. n. sp. trilobite
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Obolus parvus n. sp.
Obolus parvus n. sp. Walcott 1908
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Acrothele colleni n. sp.
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Paterinidae
Micromitra (Iphidella) wapta n. sp.
Micromitra (Iphidella) wapta n. sp. Walcott 1908
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Bohemiellidae
Wimanella simplex n. gen. n. sp.
Wimanella simplex n. gen. n. sp. Walcott 1908