BA -110 [Great Phyllopod Bed, Walcott Quarry Mbr, Burgess Shale Fm]: Delamaran, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tubullela sp.
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Algae
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Dictyophycus gracilis
Ruedemann 1931
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1 specimen | ||||||
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unclassified
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Yuknessia simplex
Walcott 1919
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Metazoa informal indet. L
Haeckel 1874
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Animalia | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Echmatocrinidae
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Echmatocrinus brachiatus
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Protospongiidae
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Protospongia hicksi
Hinde 1887
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Hazeliidae
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Hazelia sp.
Walcott 1920
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27 specimens | ||||||
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Takakkawiidae
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Takakkawia lineata
Walcott 1920
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Wapkiidae
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Wapkia grandis
Walcott 1920
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Demospongiae
- Vauxiidae
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Vauxia sp.
Walcott 1920
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Heteractinida
- Octactinellida
- Eiffeliidae
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Eiffelia globosa
Walcott 1920
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Pikaidae
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Oesia disjuncta
Walcott 1911
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Pterobranchia
- Dithecodendridae
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Dalyia sp.
Walcott 1919
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2 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Wiwaxia corrugata
(Matthew 1899)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Orthotheca corrugata | |||||||
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Tergomya
- Scenellidae
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Scenella amii
(Matthew 1902)
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Haplophrentis carinatus
(Matthew 1899)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Bohemiellidae
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Diraphora bellicostata
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Kutorginata
- Kutorginida
- Nisusiidae
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Nisusia burgessensis
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Paterinata
- Paterinida
- Paterinidae
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Micromitra burgessensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Lingulella waptaensis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Lingulata
- Acrotretida
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Acrothyra gregaria
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2 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Burgessochaeta setigera
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Polychaeta
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Polychaeta informal indet. C
Grube 1850
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Miskoidae
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Louisella pedunculata
Conway Morris 1977
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Selkirkiidae
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Selkirkia columbia
Conway Morris 1977
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Ottoidae
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Ottoia prolifica
Walcott 1911
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6 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Habelia optata
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bradoriida
- Svealutidae
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Liangshanella burgessensis
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134 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Burgessia bella
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Priscansermarinus ? barnetti
Collins and Rudkin 1981
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Molaria spinifera
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Emeraldella brocki
Walcott 1912
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Agnostida
- Peronopsidae
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Ptychagnostus praecurrens
(Westergård 1936)
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38 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Pentagnostus praecurrens | |||||||
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Agnostida
- Eodiscidae
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Pagetia bootes
Walcott 1916
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194 specimens | ||||||
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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Walch 1771
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Alokistocaridae
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Ehmaniella burgessensis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Ehmaniella waptaensis
Rasetti 1951
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Dorypygidae
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Kootenia burgessensis
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Nektaspidida
- Naraoiidae
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Naraoia compacta
Walcott 1912
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Radiodonta
- Hurdiidae
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Hurdia sp.
Walcott 1912
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Hymenocarina
- Perspicarididae
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Perspicaris dictynna
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Perspicaris recondita
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Waptiida
- Waptiidae
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Waptia fieldensis
Walcott 1912
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Canadaspidida
- Canadaspididae
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Canadaspis perfecta
(Walcott 1912)
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19 specimens | ||||||
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Isoxyida
- Isoxyidae
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Isoxys acutangulus
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Megacheira
- Yohoiida
- Yohoiidae
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Yohoia tenuis
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19 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Hallucigenia informal sp. A
Conway Morris 1977
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Hallucigenia sparsa
Conway Morris 1977
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Marpolia spissa
Walcott 1919
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Morania sp.
Walcott 1919
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Wiwaxidae
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Pollingeria grandis
Walcott 1911
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Marrellomorpha
- Marrellida
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Marrella splendens
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14 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 116.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.7° South, 80.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Delamaran |
| Age range of interval: | 511.00000 - 506.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chancellor | Formation: | Burgess Shale | Member: | Walcott Quarry |
| Local section: | Walcott Quarry | Local bed: | -110 cm | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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 10 mm thick bed, 110 mm below "lower ginger layer, representing the base of the "Phyllopod Bed". | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified cherty/siliceous mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Cm-scale interbedded siliceous mudstone and calcisiltites. LITHIFICATION: Lithified. | |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deep-water depositional environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression,adpression,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Collection size: | 381 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | ROM |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Royal Ontario Museum staff. REPOSTORY: Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for all taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84423 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-10-18 20:59:52 | Last modified: | 2023-02-10 08:33:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-10-18 20:59:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28283. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 4862 | D. Collins and D. M. Rudkin. 1981. Priscansermarinus barnetti, a Probable Lepadomorph Barnacle from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. Journal of Paleontology 55(5):1006-1015 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |