Burgess Shale Formation
234 distinct taxa, from 1,645 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 510–487 Mya.
British Columbia, Brithish Columbia, Alberta · CA
234 taxa · 1,645 fossils · 510–487 MyaFiled under the Chancellor Group. Members recorded: Walcott Quarry, Campsite Cliff Shale, Walcott Quarry Shale, Kicking Horse Shale, Raymond Quarry Shale, Emerald Lake Oncolite, Landslip Block, Phyllopod Bed, Yoho River Limestone.
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4 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Liangshanella
- Diraphora
- Ehmaniella burgessensis
- Hazelia
- Lingulella
- Micromitra
- Pentagnostus praecurrens
- Selkirkia columbia
- Marrella splendens
- Naraoia compacta
- Scenella amii
- Wiwaxia corrugata
- Laggania
- Ottoia prolifica
- Sidneyia
- Yohoia
- Algae
- Burgessia
- Canadaspis perfecta
- Haplophrentis carinatus
- Pollingeria grandis
- Morania
- Takakkawia lineata
- Waptia fieldensis
- Animalia
- Nisusia
- Perspicaris
- Acrothyra
- Elrathina cordillerae
- Hurdia
- Trilobita
- Molaria
- Chancelloria eros
- Pectocaris
- Plenocaris
- Selkirkia
- Arthropoda
- Burgessochaeta
- Dictyophycus gracilis
- Oesia
The 40 most often recorded, of 234.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.