Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.2° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 3.6° S, 79.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ehmaniella trilobite zone, Stephen Formation, Middle Cambrian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, calcareous claystone and lithified lime mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original calcite, original carbon
Reposited in the ROM
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: J. B. Caron, R. R. Gaines, C. Aria, M. G. Mángano, and M. Steng. 2014. A new phyllopod bed-like assemblage from the Burgess Shale of the Canadian Rockies. Nature Communications 5(3210):1-6 [S. Peters/S. Peters]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171308: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 05.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Metaspriggina | |
Metaspriggina sp. Simonetta and Insom 1993 | |
Hyolitha | |
Haplophrentis sp. Babcock and Robison 1988 | |
Lingulata | |
? Linnarssonia indet. Walcott 1885 | |
Paterinata | |
Paterinata indet. Williams et al 1996 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Acanthotretella sp. Holmer and Caron 2006 | |
unclassified | |
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809 | |
Burgessochaeta | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda "new J", Arthropoda "new I", Arthropoda "new H", Arthropoda "new E", Arthropoda "new C", Arthropoda "new D", Arthropoda "new K", Arthropoda "new A", Arthropoda "new L", Arthropoda "new B", Arthropoda "new F", Arthropoda "new G"
Arthropoda "new J" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new I" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new H" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new E" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new C" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new D" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new K" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new A" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new L" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new B" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new F" Latreille 1829
Arthropoda "new G" Latreille 1829 | |
Molaria | |
Mollisonia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Isoxys sp. Walcott 1890 | |
Perspicaris sp. Briggs 1977 | |
? Branchiocaris sp. Briggs 1976 | |
Crustacea | |
Canadaspis sp. Novozhilov in Orlov 1960 | |
Hurdia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Anomalocarididae indet. Raymond 1935 | |
Artiopoda | |
Sidneyia sp. Walcott 1911 | |
"Aglaspida indet." = Aglaspidida
"Aglaspida indet." = Aglaspidida Walcott 1911 | |
Peronopsis sp. Corda 1847 | |
Naraoia compacta Walcott 1912 | |
Trilobita | |
Bathyuriscus sp. Meek 1873 trilobite | |
Ehmaniella sp. Resser 1937 trilobite | |
"Elrathina sp." = Ptychoparella
"Elrathina sp." = Ptychoparella Poulson 1927 trilobite | |
Habelia | |
Primicaris sp. Zhang et al. 2003 | |
Liangshanella sp. Huo 1956 | |
Tuzoia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
unclassified | |
Priapulida indet. Théel 1906 | |
Banffia sp. Walcott 1911 | |
Selkirkia sp. Walcott 1911 | |
unclassified | |
Ctenophora indet. Eschscholtz 1829 | |
Demospongiae | |
cf. Leptomitus sp. Walcott 1886 demosponge | |
cf. Oesia sp. Walcott 1911 | |
Algae | |
Bryopsidophyceae | |
Margaretia sp. Walcott 1931 | |
Marrellomorpha | |
Marrella sp. Walcott 1912 |