Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 80.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bathyuriscus-Elrathina trilobite zone, Walcott Quarry Shale Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
• Pagetia bootes subzone, 7.6 m thick "Greater Phyllopod Bed"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby and D. Collins. 2004. Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia. Royal Ontario Museum Contributions in Science 1:1-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121962: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.12.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause, Lin Na, Martin Smith, Pete Wagner, Mark Uhen and Phil Novack-Gottshall
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Priscansermarinus barnetti | |
Priscansermarinus barnetti n. gen. n. sp.3
Priscansermarinus barnetti n. gen. n. sp.3 Collins and Rudkin 1981 | |
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Caryosyntrips serratus5 Daley and Budd 2010 | |
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Hurdia victoria5 Walcott 1912 | |
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Anomalocaris canadensis5 Whiteaves 1892 | |
| Megacheira | |
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Worthenella cambria6 Walcott 1911 | |
| Enteropneusta | |
Spartobranchus tenuis n. gen. n. sp.1
Spartobranchus tenuis n. gen. n. sp.1 Caron et al. 2013 | |
Herpetogaster collinsi n. gen. n. sp.2
Herpetogaster collinsi n. gen. n. sp.2 Caron et al. 2010 | |
| Thaumaptilon walcotti | |
Thaumaptilon walcotti n. gen. n. sp.4
Thaumaptilon walcotti n. gen. n. sp.4 Conway Morris 1993 | |
| Demospongiae | |
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Leptomitus lineatus Walcott 1920 demosponge
Leptomitus undulatus n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge | |
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Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
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Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
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Wapkia grandis Walcott 1920 demosponge
Wapkia elongata Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge | |
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Halichondrites elissa Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
? Falospongia sp., Falospongia falata, Hazelia lobata n. sp., Hazelia obscura, Hazelia luteria, Hazelia dignata, Hazelia crateria, Hazelia delicatula, Hazelia conferta, Hazelia nodulifera, Hazelia palmata, Crumillospongia biporosa, Crumillospongia frondosa
? Falospongia sp. Rigby 1986 demosponge
Falospongia falata Rigby 1986 demosponge
Hazelia lobata n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge
Hazelia obscura Walcott 1920 demosponge
Hazelia luteria Rigby 1986 demosponge
Hazelia dignata Walcott 1920 demosponge
Hazelia crateria Rigby 1986 demosponge
Hazelia delicatula Walcott 1920 demosponge
Hazelia conferta Walcott 1920 demosponge
Hazelia nodulifera Walcott 1920 demosponge
Hazelia palmata Walcott 1920 demosponge
Crumillospongia biporosa Rigby 1986 demosponge
Crumillospongia frondosa Walcott 1919 demosponge | |
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Pirania muricata Walcott 1920 demosponge
Moleculospina mammillata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
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Choia ridleyi Walcott 1920 demosponge
Choia carteri Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
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Vauxia venata Walcott 1920 demosponge
Vauxia gracilenta Walcott 1920 demosponge
Vauxia densa Walcott 1920 demosponge
Vauxia irregulara n. sp. Rigby and Collins 2004 demosponge
Vauxia bellula Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
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Capsospongia undulata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
| Hexactinellida | |
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Protospongia hicksi Hinde 1887 glass sponge
Diagoniella cyathiformis Dawson and Hinde 1889 glass sponge
Diagoniella hindei Walcott 1920 glass sponge | |
| Heteractinida | |
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Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920
Petaloptyon danei Raymond 1931 | |
| Nectocaris pteryx | |
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Nectocaris pteryx7 Conway Morris 1976 | |