BA -370 [Great Phyllopod Bed, Walcott Quarry Mbr, Burgess Shale Fm]: Delamaran, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ioxys acutangulus
Sarotroceras oblita
Tubullela sp.
Algae
Algae informal indet. D
unclassified
Morania sp. Walcott 1919
Molaria spinifera
Radiodonta
Laggania cambrica
Radiodonta - Hurdiidae
Hurdia sp. Walcott 1912
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
Ehmaniella burgessensis
Elrathia permulta (Walcott 1918)
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Elrathina cordillerae (Rominger 1887)
Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Ptychagnostus praecurrens (WestergÄrd 1936)
recombined as Pentagnostus praecurrens
Megacheira - Leanchoiliida - Leanchoiliidae
Leanchoilia superlata Walcott 1912
Megacheira - Yohoiida - Yohoiidae
Yohoia tenuis
Canadaspidida - Canadaspididae
Canadaspis perfecta (Walcott 1912)
unclassified
Plenocaris plena
Odaraiida - Pectocariidae
Odaraia alata
synonym of Pectocaris
Bradoriida - Svealutidae
Liangshanella burgessensis
Selkirkiidae
Selkirkia columbia Conway Morris 1977
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Haplophrentis carinatus (Matthew 1899)
Paterinata - Paterinida - Paterinidae
Micromitra burgessensis
Lingulata - Acrotretida
Acrothyra gregaria
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella waptaensis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Bohemiellidae
Diraphora bellicostata
Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Nisusiidae
Nisusia burgessensis
Tergomya - Scenellidae
Scenella amii (Matthew 1902)
unclassified
Wiwaxia corrugata (Matthew 1899)
original and current combination Orthotheca corrugata
Eldoniidae
Eldonia ludwigi Walcott 1911
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Takakkawiidae
Takakkawia lineata Walcott 1920
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Halichondritidae
Halicondrites elissa
original and current combination Halichondrites
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hazeliidae
Hazelia sp. Walcott 1920
Pikaidae
Oesia sp. Walcott 1911
Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria eros Walcott 1920
Marrellomorpha - Marrellida
Marrella splendens
Wiwaxidae
Pollingeria grandis Walcott 1911
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 116.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.7° South, 80.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cambrian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 3
Key time interval:Delamaran
Age range of interval:511.00000 - 506.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chancellor Formation:Burgess Shale Member:Walcott Quarry
Local section:Walcott Quarry Local bed:-370 cm
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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 20 mm thick bed, 370 cm below "lower ginger layer, representing the base of the "Phyllopod Bed".
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous siltstone
Secondary lithology: lithified cherty/siliceous mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Cm-scale interbedded siliceous mudstone and calcisiltites. LITHIFICATION: Lithified.
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deep-water depositional environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,adpression,soft parts
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Collection size:582 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:ROM
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Royal Ontario Museum staff. REPOSTORY: Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for all taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:84420
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-10-18 18:41:50 Last modified:2022-11-13 00:13:52
Access level:the public Released:2008-10-18 18:41:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28283. 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]