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The Burgess Shale Fauna

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1 The Burgess Shale Fauna

2 Yoho National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada
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 Brachiopods Lingulella waptaensis Walcott
Mollusca Scenella sp. Echniodermata Eldonia ludwigi Walcott

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