Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.4° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 80.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Walcott Quarry Member (Burgess Shale Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
• 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 170 mm thick bed, 210 cm below "lower ginger layer, representing the base of the "Phyllopod Bed".
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, calcareous siltstone and lithified, cherty/siliceous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, adpression, soft parts
Reposited in the ROM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Royal Ontario Museum staff. REPOSTORY: Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84428: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.10.2008, edited by Alex Lin
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Algae | |
Dictyophycus gracilis Ruedemann 1931 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Wahpia sp. Walcott 1919 | |
Waputikia ramosa | |
Waputikia ramosa Walcott 1919 | |
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Mackenzia costalis sea anemone | |
Cambrorhytium major | |
Cambrorhytium major Walcott 1908 | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis | |
Cambrorhytium fragilis Walcott 1911 | |
unclassified | |
Porifera "indet. C" Grant 1836
Porifera "indet. D" Grant 1836 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Diagoniella hindei Walcott 1920 glass sponge
Protospongia hicksi Hinde 1887 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Hazelia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge
Falospongia falata Rigby 1986 demosponge
Crumillospongia sp. Rigby 1986 demosponge | |
Choia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Pirania muricata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
"Halicondrites elissa" = Halichondrites
"Halicondrites elissa" = Halichondrites demosponge | |
Leptomitus lineatus Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Wapkia grandis Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Fieldospongia bellilineata Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Vauxia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Heteractinida | |
Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920 | |
Oesia disjuncta Walcott 1911
Pikaia gracilens Walcott 1911 | |
Dinomischus | |
Portalia | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria eros Walcott 1920 | |
unclassified | |
Hemichordata "indet. A" Bateson 1885 | |
Pterobranchia | |
Chaunograptus scandens graptolite | |
Dalyia sp. Walcott 1919 graptolite | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 | |
Eocrinoidea | |
Gogia sp. Walcott 1917 | |
Lyracystis radiata Sprinkle and Collins 2006 | |
Edrioasteroidea | |
Walcottidiscus sp. Bassler 1935 | |
unclassified | |
Chaetognatha "indet. A" Leuckart 1854 | |
Amiskwia sagittiformis | |
Amiskwia sagittiformis Walcott 1911 | |
Wiwaxia corrugata Matthew 1899 | |
Tergomya | |
Scenella amii Matthew 1902 | |
Hyolitha | |
Haplophrentis carinatus Matthew 1899 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Kutorginata | |
Paterinata | |
Lingulata | |
Louisella pedunculata Conway Morris 1977 | |
Selkirkia "sp. A" Walcott 1911
Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977 | |
Ottoia prolifica Walcott 1911 | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda "indet. K" Latreille 1829 | |
Habelia | |
"Odaraia alata" = Pectocaris
"Odaraia alata" = Pectocaris | |
Tuzoia "sp. A" Walcott 1912
Tuzoia "sp. B" Walcott 1912 | |
Burgessia | |
Plenocaris | |
Molaria | |
Hanburia | |
Dinocarida | |
Dinocarida "indet. A" Collins 1996 | |
Artiopoda | |
Emeraldella brocki Walcott 1912 | |
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens
"Ptychagnostus praecurrens" = Pentagnostus praecurrens WestergÄrd 1936 | |
Pagetia bootes Walcott 1916 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Ehmaniella burgessensis trilobite
Ehmaniella waptaensis Rasetti 1951 trilobite
Elrathia permulta Walcott 1918 trilobite | |
"Oryctocephalus burgessensis" = Oryctocephalites burgessensis, Oryctocephalus matthewi
"Oryctocephalus burgessensis" = Oryctocephalites burgessensis Resser 1938 trilobite
Oryctocephalus matthewi trilobite | |
Olenoides serratus Rominger 1887 trilobite
Kootenia burgessensis trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Naraoia compacta Walcott 1912 | |
Hurdia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Crustacea | |
Waptia fieldensis Walcott 1912 | |
Canadaspis perfecta Walcott 1912 | |
Mollisonia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Isoxys longissimus Simonetta and Delle Cave 1975 | |
Megacheira | |
Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977 | |
Marpolia spissa | |
Marpolia spissa Walcott 1919 | |
Aysheaia pedunculata | |
Aysheaia pedunculata Walcott 1911 | |
Pollingeria grandis | |
Pollingeria grandis Walcott 1911 | |
Marrellomorpha | |