BA -150 [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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"Creeposaurus" sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sarotrocercus oblita
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Scleritomorph informal indet. A
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Scleritomorph informal indet. C
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Tubullela sp.
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49 specimens | |||||||||
Pterobranchia
- Dithecodendridae
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Dalyia sp.
Walcott 1919
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Pterobranchia
- Dendroidea
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Chaunograptus scandens
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1 specimen | |||||||||
unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Edrioasteroidea
- Stromatocystitidae
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Walcottidiscus sp.
Bassler 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
unclassified
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Chaetognatha informal indet. A
Leuckart 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Wiwaxia corrugata
(Matthew 1899)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Orthotheca corrugata | ||||||||||
Tergomya
- Scenellidae
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Scenella amii
(Matthew 1902)
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164 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Brachiopoda informal indet. A
Cuvier 1805
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Bohemiellidae
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Diraphora bellicostata
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54 specimens | |||||||||
Kutorginata
- Kutorginida
- Nisusiidae
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Nisusia burgessensis
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Lingulata
- Acrotretida
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Acrothyra gregaria
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Lingulella informal sp. A
Salter 1866
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Lingulella waptaensis
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46 specimens | |||||||||
Paterinata
- Paterinida
- Paterinidae
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Micromitra burgessensis
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44 specimens | |||||||||
Paterina zenobia
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5 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Acanthotretella spinosa
Holmer and Caron 2006
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Holmer and Caron 2006 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Haplophrentis carinatus
(Matthew 1899)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Molaria spinifera
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Burgessia bella
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33 specimens | |||||||||
Priscansermarinus ? barnetti
Collins and Rudkin 1981
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bradoriida
- Svealutidae
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Liangshanella burgessensis
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326 specimens | |||||||||
Liangshanella informal sp. A
Huo 1956
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Odaraiida
- Pectocariidae
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Odaraia alata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Pectocaris | ||||||||||
Tuzoida
- Tuzoiidae
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Tuzoia informal sp. B
Walcott 1912
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1 specimen | |||||||||
unclassified
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Habelia brevicauda
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Habelia optata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Plenocaris plena
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Radiodonta
- Hurdiidae
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Hurdia sp.
Walcott 1912
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Radiodonta
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Laggania cambrica
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Nektaspidida
- Naraoiidae
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Naraoia compacta
Walcott 1912
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9 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Sidneyia inexpectans
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Walch 1771
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197 specimens | |||||||||
Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Alokistocaridae
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Ehmaniella burgessensis
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35 specimens | |||||||||
Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Ptychopariidae
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Elrathina cordillerae
(Rominger 1887)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Dorypygidae
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Kootenia burgessensis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Olenoides serratus
(Rominger 1887)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Oryctocephalidae
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Oryctocephalus burgessensis
Resser 1938
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30 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Oryctocephalites burgessensis | ||||||||||
Oryctocephalus matthewi
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Agnostida
- Peronopsidae
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Ptychagnostus praecurrens
(WestergÄrd 1936)
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757 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Pentagnostus praecurrens | ||||||||||
Agnostida
- Eodiscidae
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Pagetia bootes
Walcott 1916
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106 specimens | |||||||||
Hymenocarina
- Perspicarididae
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Perspicaris dictynna
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Perspicaris recondita
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Waptiida
- Waptiidae
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Waptia fieldensis
Walcott 1912
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41 specimens | |||||||||
Canadaspidida
- Canadaspididae
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Canadaspis perfecta
(Walcott 1912)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Megacheira
- Leanchoiliida
- Leanchoiliidae
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Alalcomenaeus cambricus
Simonetta 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Leanchoilia superlata
Walcott 1912
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Megacheira
- Yohoiida
- Yohoiidae
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Yohoia tenuis
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Mollisoniida
- Mollisoniidae
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Mollisonia sp.
Walcott 1912
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Isoxyida
- Isoxyidae
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Isoxys acutangulus
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21 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Hallucigenia sparsa
Conway Morris 1977
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Aysheaidae
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Aysheaia pedunculata
Walcott 1911
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Selkirkiidae
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Selkirkia informal sp. A
Walcott 1911
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Selkirkia columbia
Conway Morris 1977
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Ottoidae
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Ottoia prolifica
Walcott 1911
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3 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Metazoa indet.
Haeckel 1874
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Animalia | ||||||||||
Listed as: "Siamese-lantern-like" | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Actiniaria
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Mackenzia costalis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Cambrorhytium major
(Walcott 1908)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Selkirkia major | ||||||||||
Cambrorhytium fragilis
(Walcott 1911)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Selkirkia fragilis | ||||||||||
Porifera informal indet. A
Grant 1836
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Porifera informal indet. B
Grant 1836
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Piraniidae
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Pirania muricata
Walcott 1920
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49 specimens | |||||||||
Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Leptomitidae
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Leptomitus lineatus
(Walcott 1920)
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67 specimens | |||||||||
Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Choiidae
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Choia sp.
Walcott 1920
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58 specimens | |||||||||
Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Hazeliidae
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Hazelia sp.
Walcott 1920
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138 specimens | |||||||||
Crumillospongia sp.
Rigby 1986
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Falospongia falata
Rigby 1986
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Takakkawiidae
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Takakkawia lineata
Walcott 1920
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Demospongiae
- Protomonaxonida
- Wapkiidae
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Wapkia grandis
Walcott 1920
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Demospongiae
- Vauxiidae
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Vauxia sp.
Walcott 1920
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Protospongiidae
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Protospongia hicksi
Hinde 1887
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Diagoniella hindei
Walcott 1920
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Heteractinida
- Octactinellida
- Eiffeliidae
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Eiffelia globosa
Walcott 1920
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Coeloscleritophora
- Chancelloriida
- Chancelloriidae
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Chancelloria eros
Walcott 1920
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27 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Portalia mira
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Dinomischus sagittiformis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Morania sp.
Walcott 1919
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115 specimens | |||||||||
Waputikia ramosa
Walcott 1919
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Algae
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Algae informal indet. F
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Algae informal indet. G
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Dictyophycus gracilis
Ruedemann 1931
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Marrellomorpha
- Marrellida
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Marrella splendens
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172 specimens | |||||||||
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: | -150 cm | ||
Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
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 60 mm thick bed, 150 mm 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: | 2930 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic 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: | 84426 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy, A. Lin | Enterer: | A. Hendy, A. Lin |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-10-18 21:01:30 | Last modified: | 2022-11-13 00:15:12 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-10-18 21:01:30 |
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] |
Secondary references:
29717 | fossil record | L. E. Holmer and J.-B. Caron. 2006. A spinose stem group brachiopod with pedicle from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Acta Zoologica 87:273-290 [A. Lin/A. Lin] |