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The Burgess Shale Fauna

The Burgess Shale Fauna. Modern Location. Yoho National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada. The famous Phyllopod Beds of the Walcott Quarry. The Cambrian World ~ 525 MYA. Red = Mountain Belts Dark Blue = Deep Ocean Basins Light Blue = Shallow Seas. Phylum Arthropoda.

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The Burgess Shale Fauna

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  1. The Burgess Shale Fauna

  2. Modern Location Yoho National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada

  3. The famous Phyllopod Beds of the Walcott Quarry

  4. The Cambrian World~ 525 MYA • Red = Mountain Belts • Dark Blue = Deep Ocean Basins • Light Blue = Shallow Seas

  5. Phylum Arthropoda Olenoides serratus Trilobite

  6. Ogygopsis klotzi Rominger Naraoia compacta Walcott 

  7. Phylum Porifera Eiffelia This is a complex globular sponge with a body supported by six-rayed calcareous spicules in various sizes.

  8. BrachiopodsLingulella waptaensis Walcott MolluscaScenella sp. EchniodermataEldonia ludwigi Walcott

  9. http://www.burgessshale.us/

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