Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 80.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Walcott Quarry Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Great Phyllopod Bed of the Walcott Quarry Member, Burgess Shale Fm, Chancellor Gp, which overlies the Wash Limestone Mbr, and is overlain by the Raymond Quarry Shale Mbr. AGE: early Middle Cambrian, Delamaran North American stage. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 20 mm thick bed, 120 mm below "lower ginger layer, representing the base of the "Phyllopod Bed".
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, calcareous siltstone and lithified, cherty/siliceous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, adpression, soft parts
Reposited in the ROM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Royal Ontario Museum staff. REPOSTORY: Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).
Primary reference: J.-B. Caron and D. A. Jackson. 2008. Paleoecology of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 258:222-256 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84424: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.10.2008, edited by Alex Lin
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Algae | |
Dictyophycus gracilis Ruedemann 1931 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Wahpia sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Yuknessia simplex | |
Yuknessia simplex Walcott 1919 | |
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis Walcott 1911 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Diagoniella hindei Walcott 1920 glass sponge
Protospongia hicksi Hinde 1887 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Hazelia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge
Falospongia falata Rigby 1986 demosponge
Crumillospongia sp. Rigby 1986 demosponge | |
Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Pirania muricata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Leptomitus lineatus Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Heteractinida | |
Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920 | |
Oesia disjuncta Walcott 1911
Pikaia gracilens Walcott 1911 | |
Portalia | |
Bosworthia | |
Bosworthia sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria eros Walcott 1920 | |
unclassified | |
Hemichordata "indet. A" Bateson 1885 | |
Pterobranchia | |
Dalyia sp. Walcott 1919 graptolite | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 | |
Holothuroidea | |
Holothuroidea "indet. A" de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber | |
unclassified | |
Chaetognatha "indet. A" Leuckart 1854 | |
Odontogriphus | |
Odontogriphus omalus Conway-Morris 1976 | |
Wiwaxia corrugata Matthew 1899 | |
Tergomya | |
Scenella amii Matthew 1902 | |
Hyolitha | |
Haplophrentis carinatus Matthew 1899 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Acanthotretella spinosa Holmer and Caron 2006 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Kutorginata | |
Paterinata | |
Lingulata | |
Lingulella "sp. A" Salter 1866 | |
Burgessochaeta | |
Peronochaeta | |
Polychaeta | |
Polychaeta "indet. C" Grube 1850
Polychaeta "indet. B" Grube 1850 | |
Insolicorypha | |
Ancalagon minor Walcott 1911 | |
Louisella pedunculata Conway Morris 1977 | |
Selkirkia "sp. A" Walcott 1911
Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977 | |
Fieldia lanceolata Walcott 1912 | |
Ottoia prolifica Walcott 1911 | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda "indet. C" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "indet. E" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "indet. I" Latreille 1829 | |
Habelia | |
"Odaraia alata" = Pectocaris
"Odaraia alata" = Pectocaris | |
Burgessia | |
Plenocaris | |
Molaria | |
Artiopoda | |
Emeraldella brocki Walcott 1912 | |
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens WestergÄrd 1936 | |
Pagetia bootes Walcott 1916 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Ehmaniella burgessensis trilobite
Ehmaniella waptaensis Rasetti 1951 trilobite | |
"Oryctocephalus burgessensis" = Oryctocephalites burgessensis
"Oryctocephalus burgessensis" = Oryctocephalites burgessensis Resser 1938 trilobite | |
Olenoides serratus Rominger 1887 trilobite
Kootenia burgessensis trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Naraoia compacta Walcott 1912 | |
Hurdia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Crustacea | |
Waptia fieldensis Walcott 1912 | |
Canadaspis perfecta Walcott 1912 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Megacheira | |
Leanchoilia superlata Walcott 1912 | |
Hallucigenia "sp. A" Conway Morris 1977
Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977 | |
Morania | |
Morania sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Aysheaia pedunculata | |
Aysheaia pedunculata Walcott 1911 | |
Pollingeria grandis | |
Pollingeria grandis Walcott 1911 | |
Marrellomorpha | |