Phyllopod Bed: St Davids - Merioneth, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hamburia gloriosa
Orthrozanclidae
Orthrozanclus reburrus n. gen., n. sp. Conway Morris and Caron 2007
Conway Morris and Caron 2007 11 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 116.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.3° South, 77.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Miaolingian - Furongian
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 3-4 - Cambrian 5
*Period:Middle Cambrian - Late/Upper Cambrian *Epoch:St. David's
Key time interval: St Davids - Merioneth
Age range of interval: 509 - 485.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Burgess Shale Member:Phyllopod Bed
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The stratigraphy of the Burgess Shale quarry is similar to that of the Stephen Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Collection size:3 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Specimens in collection range from 9-35 mm. Originally collected and tentatively described in 1916 by Walcott, re-examined by Whittington for comparison purposes.
Metadata
Also known as:Hanburia gloriosa, Phyllopod Bed, Burgess Shale, Canada - Whittington 1998
Database number:6854
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky, M. Uhen Enterer:P. Borkow, M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-03-31 16:46:03 Last modified:2019-02-12 14:43:08
Access level:the public Released:2000-03-31 16:46:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
425. H. B. Whittington. 1998. Hanburia gloriosa: rare trilobite from the Middle Cambrian, Stephen Formation, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 72(4):673-677 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

23513 S. Conway Morris and J.-B. Caron. 2007. Halwaxiids and the early evolution of lophotrochozoans. Science 315:1255-1258 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]