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Mid-Cambrian fossils from a deposit in British Columbia, Canada
The fossils of the Burgess Shale, like the Burgess Shale itself, are fossils that formed around 505 million years ago in the mid-Cambrian period. They
Fossils_of_the_Burgess_Shale
Fossil-bearing rock formation in the Canadian Rockies
The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is famous for the exceptional preservation
Burgess_Shale
Fossil flora and fauna of the Burgess Shale
is a list of the biota of the Burgess Shale, a Cambrian lagerstätte located in Yoho National Park in Canada. The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit
Paleobiota of the Burgess Shale
Paleobiota_of_the_Burgess_Shale
Fossilized fauna of Burgess shale
of assemblages bear fossil assemblages similar in character to that of the Burgess Shale. While many are also preserved in a similar fashion to the Burgess
Burgess_Shale-type_fauna
British palaeontologist (born 1951)
astrobiologist known for his study of the fossils of the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian explosion. The results of these discoveries were celebrated in
Simon_Conway_Morris
Extinct group of animals that lived between 485 and 538 million years ago
kind of worm (annelid) in 1911, but it was later identified as a chordate. Subsequent discoveries of other Cambrian fossils from the Burgess Shale in 1991
Cambrian_chordates
exhibiting exquisite preservation of rarely preserved, non-mineralized soft tissue, comparable to the fossils of the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada
Paleobiota of the Maotianshan Shales
Paleobiota_of_the_Maotianshan_Shales
Shale known for exceptional preservation of mid-Cambrian organisms
The Burgess Shale of British Columbia is famous for its exceptional preservation of mid-Cambrian organisms. Around 69 other sites have been discovered
Burgess Shale-type preservation
Burgess_Shale-type_preservation
Evidence of prehistoric life
and Sue Rigby, Fossils at a Glance, Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd ed., 2009, p. 103, ISBN 978-1405193368 Fossils from the Burgess Shale of the Stephen Formation
Carbonaceous film (paleontology)
Carbonaceous_film_(paleontology)
Genus of Cambrian animals
Hallucigenia is a genus of lobopodian known from Cambrian-aged fossils in Burgess Shale-type deposits in Canada (Burgess Shale) and China, and from isolated
Hallucigenia
Series of Early Cambrian deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation in China
rarely preserved, non-mineralized soft tissue, comparable to the fossils of the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. They take their name from Maotianshan
Maotianshan_Shales
Quarry in British Columbia, Canada
The Walcott Quarry is the most famous quarry of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, bearing the Phyllopod
Walcott_Quarry
Extinct genus of Cambrian radiodont
known from the type species A. canadensis, found in the Stephen Formation (particularly the Burgess Shale) of British Columbia, Canada. The other named
Anomalocaris
Period of major evolutionary diversification of animal life
the 1970s, reanalysed many fossils from the Burgess Shale and concluded that several were as complex as, but different from, any living animals. The most
Cambrian_explosion
The Burgess Shale, a series of fossil beds in the Canadian Rockies, was first noticed in 1886 by Richard McConnell of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
History_of_the_Burgess_Shale
Geologic formation in Utah notable for trilobite fossils
associated with the more famous Burgess Shale. As such, the Wheeler Shale also represents a Konservat-Lagerstätten. Together with the Marjum Formation
Wheeler_Shale
Family of enigmatic Cambrian animals
JSTOR 1303225. Conway Morris, S. (1993). "Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale–type faunas of North America". Palaeontology. 36 (31–0239): 593–635
Mackenziidae
Extinct genus of arthropods
genus of fossil megacheiran arthropod from the Cambrian period. The type species, Yohoia tenuis, has been found in the Burgess Shale formation of British
Yohoia
Cambrian fossil genus
that is used as nest of hemichordate Oesia. Briggs, D. E. G.; Erwin, D. H.; Collier, F. J. (1995), Fossils of the Burgess Shale, Washington: Smithsonian
Margaretia
Geological formation in South Australia
resembles the species Collinsovermis monstruosus from the Burgess Shale. In 2011, seven fossils of large, isolated compound eyes were described from the inland
Emu_Bay_Shale
Genus of stalked filter-feeding animals
extinct genus of stalked filter-feeding animals within the Cambrian period, with specimens known from the Burgess Shale, the Maotianshan Shales, the Kaili Formation
Dinomischus
Extinct genus of sponges
genus of middle Cambrian sponges known from the Burgess Shale and other localities from the Lower and Middle Cambrian. Its name is derived from the Latin
Crumillospongia
Genus of sponges
genus of extinct demosponge ranging from the Cambrian until the Lower Ordovician periods. Fossils of Choia have been found in the Burgess Shale in British
Choia
British palaeontologist (1916–2020)
contribution to the study of fossils of the Burgess Shale and other Cambrian fauna. His works are largely responsible for the concept of Cambrian explosion
Harry_B._Whittington
Unincorporated in British Columbia, Canada
from the park administration, with a term of 42 years. CPR track workers in Field discovered the fossils of the Burgess Shale. Commonly called by the workers
Field,_British_Columbia
Fossil taxon
descriptions of Burgess Shale fossils. Smithson. Misc. Collect. 85, 1–46. Durham, J. W. (1974). "Systematic Position of Eldonia ludwigi Walcott". Journal of Paleontology
Redoubtia
American paleontologist (born 1958)
and The Great Paleozoic Crisis: Life and Death in the Permian in 1993. He co-wrote The Fossils of The Burgess Shale and The Cambrian Explosion. The Construction
Douglas_Erwin
Extinct genus of bacteria
community. Briggs, D. E. G.; Erwin, D. H.; Collier, F. J. (1995), Fossils of the Burgess Shale, Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, ISBN 1-56098-659-X
Marpolia
American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850–1927)
for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils, including some of the oldest soft-part imprints, in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada
Charles_Doolittle_Walcott
Topics referred to by the same term
Canada; notable for fossils in the Burgess Shale This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fossil Ridge. If an internal link incorrectly
Fossil_Ridge
Extinct genus of algae
alga of the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It comprises a main stem about 1 cm across, with the longest recovered fossil 6 cm in length. Branches of a similar
Waputikia
Extinct genus of priapulid worms
a genus of predatory, tubicolous priapulid worms known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, Ogygopsis Shale, Puncoviscana Formation, the Early Ordovician
Selkirkia
Extinct genus of arthropods
from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. It is currently considered to be one of the oldest relatives of chelicerates. Unlike most other Burgess forms
Sanctacaris
Genus of cnidarians (fossil)
genus of macroscopic free-swimming cnidarians from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in Canada. The type species is Burgessomedusa phasmiformis. The genus
Burgessomedusa
Geologic formation in Canada
famous for the exceptional preservation of soft-bodied fossils: the Burgess Shale biota. The formation overlies the Cathedral escarpment, a submarine cliff;
Stephen_Formation
phosphatized tissue retains the impressions of the phosphatizing microbes. Soft-tissue fossils, such as those found in the Burgess Shale, are rare. In some cases
Phosphatization
Fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock
periods of sedimentation. Shale in Potokgraben, the Karawanks, Austria Splitting shale (Messel oil shale) with a large knife to reveal fossils Weathering
Shale
Extinct genus of Cambrian organisms
known from Burgess Shale, reaching a centimetre or two in length (0.39–0.79 in). Sarotrocercus is only known from 7 specimens. It may lie in the arthropod
Sarotrocercus
Extinct genus of primitive chordates
an extinct, primitive chordate marine animal known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. Described in 1911 by Charles Doolittle
Pikaia
Genus of crustaceans
extinct genus of Cambrian bivalved arthropod. The type and best known species, Branchiocaris pretiosa, was described from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia
Branchiocaris
Extinct genus of corals
from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It attached directly to hard surfaces, such as brachiopod shells. 14 specimens of Mackenzia are known from the Greater
Mackenzia
Cambrian arthropod
fieldensis was one of the first fossils discovered by Charles D. Walcott from the Burgess Shale in August 1909. A rough sketch of Waptia is present in
Waptia
Extinct genus of Cambrian animals
of animal from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang biota of China, Balang Formation of China, Pioche Formation of Nevada and Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of
Herpetogaster
Geologic formation in Canada
discoverer of the Burgess Shale fossils. The Cathedral Formation includes fossil stromatolites, oncolites, and other algal remains, as well as a few shale beds
Cathedral_Formation
Extinct genus of arthropods
genus of Cambrian and Ordovician arthropod. Four named species are known, the type species T. palaeothalassia is known from the Burgess Shale, Canada
Thelxiope
Genus of marine worm-like animals
pterobranch. Briggs, D. E. G.; Erwin, D. H.; Collier, F. J. (1995), Fossils of the Burgess Shale, Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, ISBN 1-56098-659-X
Yuknessia
Extinct genus of soft-bodied animals
possible lack of visual organs, and the terminal mouth. Aysheaia is known from fossils found in the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia
Aysheaia
Extinct genus of algae
putative red alga of the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. While alive, it formed leaf-like lobes about 25mm across. The fossils do not preserve the leaf-like membrane
Dictyophycus
Extinct stem-arthropod species found in Cambrian fossil deposits
stem group marine arthropod found in the Lagerstätte of the Burgess Shale (Middle Cambrian, 505 million years ago) of British Columbia. Opabinia was a soft-bodied
Opabinia
Extinct genus of sponges
from three specimens in the Burgess Shale. Its type and only species is Capsospongia undulata. It has a narrow base, and consists of bulging rings which get
Capsospongia
Genus of Cambrian animals
article concentrates on the species Wiwaxia corrugata, which is known from hundreds of complete specimens in the Burgess Shale; other species are known
Wiwaxia
Topics referred to by the same term
chemistry Burgess Shale, a fossil-bearing formation near Mount Burgess in Canada Church Burgesses, an English charitable organisation House of Burgesses, Virginia
Burgess
Irish paleontologist and taphonomist
on a range of fossil occurrences. While at the University of Cambridge, Briggs worked on the fossils of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia
Derek_Briggs
Conservation lagerstätte in Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places
The Mazon Creek fossil beds are a konservat-lagerstätte found near Morris, in Grundy County, Illinois. The fossils are preserved in ironstone concretions
Mazon_Creek_fossil_beds
Extinct genus of bivalved arthropod
Surusicaris is an extinct genus of isoxyid bivalved arthropod, known from the Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. It is monotypic, containing
Surusicaris
Fossil-bearing member
The Phyllopod bed, designated by USNM locality number 35k, is the most famous fossil-bearing member of the Burgess Shale fossil Lagerstätte. It was quarried
Phyllopod_bed
Extinct genus of radiodonts
species Cambroraster falcatus. Hundreds of specimens were found in the Burgess Shale, and described in 2019. A large animal (for its era) at up to 30 centimetres
Cambroraster
Extinct genus of arthropods
N.J. (2002). "Leanchoilia guts and the interpretation of three-dimensional structures in Burgess Shale-type fossils". Paleobiology. 28 (1): 155–171. Bibcode:2002Pbio
Canadaspis
Extinct genus of priapulid worms
from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, which was deposited 508 million years ago. Microfossils extend the record of Ottoia throughout the Western
Ottoia
Extinct genus of Arthropods
of marrellomorph arthropod known from the Middle Cambrian of North America and Asia. It is the most common animal represented in the Burgess Shale of
Marrella
Genus of barnacles
organism known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale which was originally interpreted as a species of lepadomorph barnacle. Four specimens of P. barnetti are
Priscansermarinus
Genus of extinct arthropods
S2CID 134294843. "Isoxys acutangulus". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21
Isoxys
Extinct genus of arthropods
Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. Fifty-four specimens of Habelia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.1% of the community
Habelia
Extinct species of arthropod
genus of fossil hymenocarine arthropod, known only by one species, Tokummia katalepsis, from the middle Cambrian (508 million years old) Burgess Shale as
Tokummia
Genus of fossil Arthropod
a monotypic genus of fossil arthropod known only by one species, Fibulacaris nereidis, discovered from the Cambrian Burgess Shale of Canada. It was characterized
Fibulacaris
Sedimentary deposit with well-preserved extraordinary fossils
Maotianshan shales and Burgess Shale, the Ordovician Fezouata Biota, Beecher's Trilobite Bed, and Soom Shale, the Silurian Waukesha Biota, the Devonian Rhynie
Lagerstätte
Fossil strata in Canada
density of trilobite fossils is present. The trilobite beds were the first Burgess Shale locality to be discovered. The richness of fossils in the Field
Mount_Stephen_trilobite_beds
Derek E. G.; Erwin, Douglas H.; Collier, Frederick J. (2001). The Fossils of the Burgess Shale (7.[print] ed.). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press
List_of_Cambrian_arthropods
Extinct genus of arthropod
described in 2022 based on a singular fossil found in Castle Bank, a Burgess shale type lagerstätte located in the country of Wales. Mierridduryn's affinities
Mieridduryn
Animal genus from the Burgess Shale
genus of hemichordate known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It is monospecific, containing only the species Oesia disjuncta. 1147 specimens of Oesia
Oesia
Extinct genus of arthropods
above Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia, Canada. When the fossil was first discovered in Canada's Burgess Shale, it was believed
Naraoia
Genus of trilobites
extinct genus of Cambrian trilobite. It was a "fast-moving epifaunal detritivore" from Canada (British Columbia, specifically Burgess Shale, and Newfoundland)
Chancia_(trilobite)
Genus of extinct, gnathiferan worms
genus of soft-bodied marine animals known from fossils of the Middle Cambrian Lagerstätten both in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada and the Maotianshan
Amiskwia
Fossil marine worm
extinct genus of polychaete annelids from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. The genus was
Burgessochaeta
Extinct genus of worms
Louisella is a genus of worm known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It was originally described by Charles Walcott in 1911 as a holothurian echinoderm
Louisella
Extinct genus of giant hurdiid radiodont
of T. gainesi were first found within the Marble Canyon locality of the Burgess Shale in 2018, however the fossils were not named until 2021 because they
Titanokorys
Extinct species of priapulid worm
priapulid worm known from the Cambrian Burgess Shale. Because it superficially resembles the modern-day internal parasites known as the acanthocephalids or
Ancalagon_minor
Extinct genus of marine invertebrates
James; Collins, Desmond (29 March 2007). "Revision of Echmatocrinus from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia". Lethaia. 31 (4): 269–282. doi:10
Echmatocrinus
Genus of animals (fossil)
Thaumaptilon is a fossil genus of animals from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale which some authors have compared to members of the Ediacaran biota, generally
Thaumaptilon
Fossil deposit in Wales
places such as the Cambrian fossils of the Burgess Shale is their small size. Many forms that have been found in the Castle Bank deposit are of animals who
Castle_Bank
Extinct genus of lobopodians
genus of extinct panarthropod belonging to the group Lobopodia and known from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. The genus
Entothyreos
Type of sedimentary rock
sedimentation rates with the aid of type and abundance of fossils in mudrock One of the most famous mudrock formations is the Burgess Shale in Western Canada
Mudrock
Species of radiodont stem-arthropod
extinct species of hurdiid radiodont from the Cambrian Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. M. fentoni is the only species in the genus Mosura, and
Mosura_fentoni
Fossil locality of the Burgess Shale
The Tulip Beds (Formally known as the "S7 locality") is a fossil locality within the larger Burgess Shale that is located in Canada's Yoho National Park
Tulip_Beds
Genus of trilobites
a genus of trilobite from the Cambrian period. Its fossils can be found with soft body parts intact in the Burgess Shale in Canada. Fossils of this genus
Olenoides
Extinct genus of sponges
Diagoniella is a genus of sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 128 specimens of Diagoniella are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed,
Diagoniella
Cambrian fossil site in Hunan, China
Cambrian Stage 4 Burgess Shale-type Lagerstätte from the Yangtze Block (Hunan, China). Dating to approximately 512 million years ago, the biota was deposited
Huayuan_biota
Extinct genus of Cambrian bivalved arthropod
extinct genus of bivalved hymenocarine arthropod with a single known species Odaraia alata, found in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in British Columbia
Odaraia
Extinct order of arthropods
known from a single species found in the Burgess Shale of Canada. Isoxyida is also sometimes taken to include the family Sunellidae, which comprises four
Isoxyida
Extinct genus of arthropods
marine arthropod known from Cambrian deposits of the Burgess Shale in Canada and the Chengjiang biota of China. L. superlata was about 5 centimetres (2
Leanchoilia
Sedimentary deposit containing fossils in Nevada, USA
The Pioche Shale is an Early to Middle Cambrian Burgess shale-type Lagerstätte in Nevada. It spans the Early–Middle Cambrian boundary; fossils from the
Pioche_Shale
Extinct genus of arthropods
Balhuticaris is a genus of extinct bivalved (referring to the carapace) hymenocarine arthropod that lived in the Cambrian aged Burgess Shale in what is now British
Balhuticaris
Extinct genus of marine invertebrates
fossil genus known from the Latham Shale (California), and the Chengjiang (China) and Burgess Shale (Canadian rockies) lagerstätte. 350 specimens of Cambrorhytium
Cambrorhytium
Extinct genus of Cambrian animals
scythe") is a genus of sea creatures known from two species, O. reburrus from the Middle Cambrian (~505 million years ago) Burgess Shale and O. elongata from
Orthrozanclus
Extinct family of lobopodian worms
Hallucigenia sparsa, the fossil of which was discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1911 from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. The name Hallucigenia
Hallucigeniidae
Extinct animal genus
Nectocaris is a genus of squid-like animal known from the Cambrian period. The initial fossils were described from the Burgess Shale of Canada. Other similar
Nectocaris
Extinct genus of sponges
Royal Ontario Museum and Parks (2011-06-10). "The Burgess Shale". burgess-shale.rom.on.ca. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2018-10-27
Vauxia
Genus of extinct arthropods
marine arthropod known from fossils found from the Early to the Mid Cambrian of China and the Mid Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. It
Sidneyia
Extinct genus of arthropods
03% of the community. "Fieldia lanceolata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Conway Morris, S. (1979). "The Burgess Shale (Middle
Fieldia_(worm)
Cambrian fossil genus of chordate
Metaspriggina is a genus of chordate initially known from two specimens in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and 44 specimens found in 2012 at the Marble Canyon
Metaspriggina
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