BA -245 [Great Phyllopod Bed, Walcott Quarry Mbr, Burgess Shale Fm]: Delamaran, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ioxys acutangulus
Tubullela sp.
Selkirkiimorpha - Selkirkiidae
Selkirkia informal sp. A Walcott 1911
Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977
Ottoidae
Ottoia prolifica Walcott 1911
unclassified
Plenocaris plena
Bradoriida - Svealutidae
Liangshanella burgessensis
unclassified
Hanburia gloriosa
Sidneyia inexpectans
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
Ehmaniella burgessensis
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Elrathina cordillerae (Rominger 1887)
Nektaspidida - Naraoiidae
Naraoia compacta Walcott 1912
Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Ptychagnostus praecurrens (Westergård 1936)
recombined as Pentagnostus praecurrens
Radiodonta - Hurdiidae
Hurdia sp. Walcott 1912
Radiodonta
Laggania cambrica
Waptiida - Waptiidae
Waptia fieldensis Walcott 1912
Megacheira - Yohoiida - Yohoiidae
Yohoia tenuis
unclassified
Burgessia bella
Odaraiida - Pectocariidae
Odaraia alata
synonym of Pectocaris
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Haplophrentis carinatus (Matthew 1899)
Paterinata - Paterinida - Paterinidae
Micromitra burgessensis
Paterina zenobia
Lingulata - Acrotretida
Acrothyra gregaria
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella waptaensis
Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Nisusiidae
Nisusia burgessensis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Bohemiellidae
Diraphora bellicostata
unclassified
Wiwaxia corrugata (Matthew 1899)
original and current combination Orthotheca corrugata
Tergomya - Scenellidae
Scenella amii (Matthew 1902)
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea
Chaunograptus scandens
Eldoniidae
Eldonia ludwigi Walcott 1911
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hazeliidae
Hazelia sp. Walcott 1920
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Takakkawiidae
Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae
Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Halichondritidae
Halicondrites elissa
original and current combination Halichondrites
Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria eros Walcott 1920
unclassified
Cambrorhytium major (Walcott 1908)
recombined as Selkirkia major
Cambrorhytium fragilis (Walcott 1911)
original and current combination Selkirkia fragilis
Florideophyceae - Ceramiales - Rhodomelaceae
Wahpia sp. Walcott 1919
unclassified
Yuknessia simplex Walcott 1919
Algae
Dictyophycus gracilis Ruedemann 1931
unclassified
Morania sp. Walcott 1919
Marrellomorpha - Marrellida
Marrella splendens
Wiwaxidae
Pollingeria grandis Walcott 1911
see common names

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:-245 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 22 mm thick bed, 245 cm 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:4613 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:84430
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-10-18 21:06:00 Last modified:2022-11-13 00:11:10
Access level:the public Released:2008-10-18 21:06:00
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]