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