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 40 mm thick bed, 130 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 84425: 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 | |
Morania | |
Morania sp. Walcott 1919 | |
unclassified | |
Pikaia gracilens Walcott 1911
Oesia disjuncta Walcott 1911 | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis Walcott 1911 | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria eros Walcott 1920 | |
Demospongiae | |
Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Pirania muricata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hazelia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Leptomitus lineatus Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Vauxia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Heteractinida | |
Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920 | |
unclassified | |
Hemichordata "indet. A" Bateson 1885 | |
Pterobranchia | |
Dalyia sp. Walcott 1919 graptolite | |
Eocrinoidea | |
Lyracystis radiata2 Sprinkle and Collins 2006 | |
Eldonia ludwigi Walcott 1911 | |
Hyolitha | |
Haplophrentis carinatus Matthew 1899 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Acanthotretella spinosa1 Holmer and Caron 2006 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Kutorginata | |
Lingulata | |
Lingulella "sp. A" Salter 1866 | |
Paterinata | |
Burgessochaeta | |
Peronochaeta | |
Polychaeta | |
Polychaeta "indet. C" Grube 1850 | |
Tergomya | |
Scenella amii Matthew 1902 | |
Wiwaxia corrugata Matthew 1899 | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda "indet. C" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "indet. E" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "indet. H" Latreille 1829 | |
Plenocaris | |
Deuteropoda | |
Crustacea | |
Waptia fieldensis Walcott 1912 | |
Canadaspis perfecta Walcott 1912 | |
Megacheira | |
Artiopoda | |
Emeraldella brocki Walcott 1912 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Ehmaniella burgessensis trilobite | |
Kootenia burgessensis trilobite
Olenoides serratus Rominger 1887 trilobite | |
"Oryctocephalus burgessensis" = Oryctocephalites burgessensis
"Oryctocephalus burgessensis" = Oryctocephalites burgessensis Resser 1938 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Naraoia compacta Walcott 1912 | |
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens Westergård 1936 | |
Pagetia bootes Walcott 1916 | |
Tuzoia "sp. B" Walcott 1912 | |
Molaria | |
Burgessia | |
"Odaraia alata" = Pectocaris
"Odaraia alata" = Pectocaris | |
Hallucigenia "sp. A" Conway Morris 1977
Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977 | |
unclassified | |
Priapulida "indet. A" Théel 1906 | |
Selkirkia "sp. A" Walcott 1911
Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977 | |
Louisella pedunculata Conway Morris 1977 | |
Ottoia prolifica Walcott 1911 | |
Yuknessia simplex | |
Yuknessia simplex Walcott 1919 | |
Algae | |
Dictyophycus gracilis Ruedemann 1931 | |
Aysheaia pedunculata | |
Aysheaia pedunculata Walcott 1911 | |
Canadia setigera | |
Canadia setigera Walcott 1911 | |
Marrellomorpha | |