The Burgess Shale Fauna

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The Burgess Shale Fauna

Yoho National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada 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 Olenoides serratus Trilobite

Ogygopsis klotzi Rominger Naraoia compacta Walcott 

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

Brachiopods Lingulella waptaensis Walcott Mollusca Scenella sp. Echniodermata Eldonia ludwigi Walcott

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