Where: Brithish Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 79.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Glossopleura trilobite zone, Campsite Cliff Shale Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Middle Cambrian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)
• Stage 5, Glossopleura and Bathyuriscus–Ptychoparella (Elrathina) zones
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: T. P. Fletcher and D. H. Collins. 2003. The Burgess Shale and associated Cambrian formations west of the Fossil Gully Fault Zone on Mount Stephen, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(12):1823-1838 [L. Na/L. Na/L. Na]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 188661: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 11.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Wiwaxia sp. Walcott 1911 | |
Laggania sp. Walcott 1911 | |
Megacheira | |
Leanchoilia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Branchiocaris sp. Briggs 1976 | |
Crustacea | |
Waptia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Dinomischus | |
Dinomischus sp. Conway Morris 1977 | |
Demospongiae | |
Wapkia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Leptomitus sp. Walcott 1886 demosponge | |
Marrellomorpha | |
Marrella sp. Walcott 1912 |