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 39 mm thick bed, 170 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 84427: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.10.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Morania | |
Morania sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Ctenorhabdotus | |
Ctenorhabdotus sp. Conway Morris and Collins 1996 | |
Cambrorhytium major | |
Cambrorhytium major Walcott 1908 | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis Walcott 1911 | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria eros Walcott 1920 | |
unclassified | |
Porifera "indet. A" Grant 1836 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Diagoniella hindei Walcott 1920 glass sponge
Protospongia hicksi Hinde 1887 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Fieldospongia bellilineata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Choia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Wapkia grandis Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Pirania muricata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Falospongia falata Rigby 1986 demosponge
Hazelia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge
Crumillospongia sp. Rigby 1986 demosponge | |
Leptomitus lineatus Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Heteractinida | |
Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920 | |
unclassified | |
Hemichordata "indet. A" Bateson 1885 | |
Pterobranchia | |
Dalyia sp. Walcott 1919 graptolite | |
Hyolitha | |
Haplophrentis carinatus Matthew 1899 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Kutorginata | |
Lingulata | |
Paterinata | |
Tergomya | |
Scenella amii Matthew 1902 | |
Wiwaxia corrugata Matthew 1899 | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda "indet. 1" Latreille 1829 | |
Plenocaris | |
Hurdia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Mollisonia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Crustacea | |
Waptia fieldensis Walcott 1912 | |
Canadaspis perfecta Walcott 1912 | |
Megacheira | |
Leanchoilia superlata Walcott 1912 | |
Artiopoda | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Ehmaniella burgessensis trilobite
Ehmaniella waptaensis Rasetti 1951 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 WestergÄrd 1936 | |
Pagetia bootes Walcott 1916 | |
Tuzoia "sp. A" Walcott 1912 | |
Hanburia | |
Burgessia | |
"Odaraia alata" = Pectocaris
"Odaraia alata" = Pectocaris | |
Hallucigenia sp. Conway Morris 1977 | |
Fieldia lanceolata Walcott 1912 | |
Selkirkia "sp. A" Walcott 1911
Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977 | |
Ottoia prolifica Walcott 1911 | |
Waputikia ramosa | |
Waputikia ramosa Walcott 1919 | |
Yuknessia simplex | |
Yuknessia simplex Walcott 1919 | |
Algae | |
Dictyophycus gracilis Ruedemann 1931 | |
Aysheaia pedunculata | |
Aysheaia pedunculata Walcott 1911 | |
Pollingeria grandis | |
Pollingeria grandis Walcott 1911 | |
Marrellomorpha | |