Anexo:Biota del esquisto de Burgess

La biota del esquisto de Burgess[n. 1] abarca a aquellos organismos cuyos restos fósiles han sido hallados en aquel yacimiento.[1] La mayor parte de los restos fósiles fueron descubiertos y descritos por el paleontólogo Charles D. Walcott desde 1909. A continuación, una lista sobre las especies descritas en el esquisto de Burgess y en las formaciones geológicas adyacentes.

Representación de la biota del esquisto de Burgess:
1.- Vauxia, 2.- Choia, 3.- Pirania, 4.- Nisusia, 5.- Burgessochaeta, 6.- Ottoia, 7.- Louisella, 8.- Olenoides, 9.- Sidneyia, 10.- Leanchoilia, 11.- Marella, 12.- Canadaspis, 13.- Molaria, 14.- Burgessia, 15.- Yohoia, 16.- Waptia, 17.- Aysheaia, 18.- Scenella, 19.- Echmatocrinus, 20.- Pikaia, 21.- Haplophrentis, 22.- Opabina, 23.- Dinomischus, 24.- Wiwaxia, 25.- Laggania.

Filo Annelida
Burgessochaeta setigera

5 especies

  • Canadia spinosa Walcott, 1911[2]
  • Insolicorypha psygma Conway Morris, 1979[3]
  • Peronochaeta dubia Walcott, 1911[2]
  • Stephenoscolex argutus Conway Morris, 1979[3]

Filo Arthropoda
Marella splendens
Yohoia tenuis

31 especies, sin considerar la clase Trilobita.

  • Actaeus armatus Simonetta, 1970[4]
  • Alalcomenaeus cambricus Simonetta, 1970[4]
  • Branchiocaris pretiosa Resser, 1929[5]
  • Burgessia bella Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Canadaspis perfecta Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Carnarvonia venosa Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Emeraldella brocki Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Habelia brevicauda Simonetta, 1964[7]
  • Habelia optata Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Helmetia expansa Walcott, 1918[8]
  • Leanchoilia superlata Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Liangshanella burgessensis Siveter & Williams, 1997[9]
  • Marrella splendens Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Molaria spinifera Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Mollisonia symmetrica Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Odaraia alata Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Perspicaris dictynna Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975[10]
  • Perspicaris recondita Briggs, 1977[11]
  • Plenocaris plena Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Sanctacaris uncata Briggs & Collins, 1988[12]
  • Sarotrocercus oblita Whittington, 1981[13]
  • Sidneyia inexpectans Walcott, 1911[14]
  • Skania fragilis Walcott, 1931[15]
  • Tegopelte gigas Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975[10]
  • Thelxiope palaeothalassia Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975[10]
  • Tuzoia burgessensis Resser, 1929[5]
  • Tuzoia canadensis Resser, 1929[5]
  • Tuzoia retifera Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Waptia fieldensis Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Worthenella cambria Walcott, 1911[2]
  • Yohoia tenuis Walcott, 1912[6]

Clase Trilobita
Ogypopsis klotzi
Naraoia compacta

29 especies

  • Bathyuriscus rotundatus Rominger, 1887[16]
  • Burlingia hectori Walcott, 1908[17]
  • Chancia bigranulosa Rasetti, 1951
  • Chancia latigena Rasetti, 1951
  • Chancia odarayensis Rasetti, 1951
  • Chancia palliseri Walcott, 1908[18]
  • Chancia stenometopa Rasetti, 1951
  • Ehmaniella burgessensis Rasetti, 1951[19]
  • Ehmaniella waptaensis Rasetti, 1951[19]
  • Elrathia permulta Walcott, 1918[20]
  • Elrathina brevifrons Rasetti, 1951[19]
  • Elrathina cordillerae Rominger, 1887[16]
  • Elrathina marginalis Rasetti, 1951[19]
  • Elrathina parallela Rasetti, 1951[19]
  • Elrathina spinifera Rasetti, 1951[19]
  • Hanburia gloriosa Walcott, 1916[21]
  • Kootenia burgessensis Resser, 1942[22]
  • Kootenia dawsoni Walcott, 1889[23]
  • Naraoia compacta Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Naraoia halia Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975[10]
  • Naraoia spinifer Walcott, 1931[15]
  • Ogygopsis klotzi Rominger, 1887[16]
  • Ogygopsis spinulosa Rasetti, 1951[19]
  • Olenoides serratus Rominger, 1887[16]
  • Oryctocephalus burgessenis Resser, 1938[24]
  • Oryctocephalus reynoldsi Reed, 1899[25]
  • Pagetia bootes Walcott, 1916[21]
  • Pagetia walcotti Rasetti, 1966[26]
  • Ptychagnostus praecurrens Westergard, 1936[27]

Filo Brachiopoda
Nisusia burgessensis

8 especies.

  • Acanthotretella spinosa Holmer & Caron, 2006[28]
  • Acrothyra gregaria Walcott, 1924[29]
  • Diraphora bellicostata Walcott, 1924[29]
  • Lingulella waptaensis Walcott, 1924[29]
  • Micromitra burgessensis Walcott, 1908[18]
  • Nisusia alberta Walcott, 1905
  • Nisusia burgessensis Walcott, 1889[23]
  • Paterina zenobia Walcott, 1912[30]


Filo Chordata

2 especies

Pikaia gracilens

Filo Cnidaria

7 especies

  • Byronia annulata Matthew, 1899[32]
  • Cambrorhytium fragilis Walcott, 1911[2]
  • Cambrorhytium major Walcott, 1908[18]
  • Mackenzia costalis Walcott, 1911[33]
  • Sphenothallus sp. Van Iten et al., 2002[34]
  • Thaumaptilon walcotti Conway Morris, 1993[35]
  • Tubulella flagellum Matthew, 1899[32]

Filo Ctenophora

3 especies

  • Ctenorhabdotus capulus Conway Morris & Collins, 1996[36]
  • Fasciculus vesanus Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1978[37]
  • Xanioascus canadensis Conway Morris & Collins, 1996[36]

Filo Echinodermata
Eldonia ludwigi

5 especies

  • Echmatocrinus brachiatus Sprinkle, 1973[38]
  • Gogia stephenensis Sprinkle & Collins, 2006[39]
  • Lyracystis radiata Sprinkle, 1973[38]
  • Walcottidiscus magister Bassler, 1935[40]
  • Walcottidiscus typicalis Bassler, 1935[40]

Grupo troncal de Ambulacraria
  • Eldonia ludwigi Walcott, 1911[33]
  • Herpetogaster collinsi Caron et al., 2010[41]

Filo Hemichordata

1 especie

  • Chaunograptus scandens Ruedemann, 1931[42]

Filo Lobopodia

12 especies

Hallucigenia sparsa
Opabinia regalis

Filo Mollusca

6 especies

Wiwaxia corrugata

Filo Porifera
Choia carteri
Takakkawia lineata

44 especies

  • Capsospongia undulata Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Choia carteri Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Choia hindei Dawson, 1896[51]
  • Choia ridleyi Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Crumillospongia biporosa Rigby, 1986[52]
  • Crumillospongia frondosa Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Diagoniella cyathiformis Dawson, 1889
  • Diagoniella hindei Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Eiffelia globosa Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Eiffelospongia hirsuta Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Falospongia falata Rigby, 1986[52]
  • Falospongia ramosa Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Fieldospongia bellilineata (Walcott, 1920) Rigby, 1986[52]
  • Halichondrites elissa Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Hamptonia elongata Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Hamptoniella foliata Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Hamptoniella hirsuta Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Hazelia conferta Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Hazelia crateria Rigby, 1986[52]
  • Hazelia delicatula Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Hazelia dignata Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Hazelia grandis Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Hazelia lobata Rigby & Coliins, 2004[54]
  • Hazelia luteria Rigby, 1986[52]
  • Hazelia nodulifera Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Hazelia obscura Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Hazelia palmata Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Leptomitus lineatus Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Leptomitus undulatus Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Petaloptyon danei Raymond, 1931[55]
  • Pirania muricata Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Protoprisma annulata Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Protospongia hicksi Hinde, 1888[56]
  • Stephenospongia magnipora Rigby, 1986[52]
  • Takakkawia lineata Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Ulospongiella ancyla Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Vauxia bellula Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Vauxia densa Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Vauxia gracilenta Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Vauxia irregulara Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Vauxia venata Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Wapkia elongata Rigby & Collins, 2004[54]
  • Wapkia grandis Walcott, 1920[50]

Filo Priapulida
Ancalagon minor

6 especies

  • Ancalagon minor Walcott, 1911[2]
  • Fieldia lanceolata Walcott, 1912[6]
  • Louisella pedunculata Walcott, 1911[33]
  • Ottoia prolifica Walcott, 1911[2]
  • Scolecofurca rara Conway Morris, 1977[57]
  • Selkirkia columbia Walcott, 1911[2]

Filo Vetulicolia

1 especie

Reino Protista (algas)
Margaretia dorus

9 especies

  • Bosworthia gyges Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Bosworthia simulans Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Dalyia nitens Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Dalyia racemata Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Margaretia dorus Walcott, 1931[15]
  • Wahpia insolens Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Wahpia mimica Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Wahpia virgata Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Waputikia ramosa Walcott, 1919[53]

Dominio Bacteria

9 especies

  • Marpolia aequalis Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Marpolia spissa Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Morania confluens Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Morania costellifera Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Morania elongata Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Morania fragmenta Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Morania globosa Walcott, 1919[53]
Amiskwia sagittiformis
  • Morania parasitica Walcott, 1919[53]
  • Morania reticulata Walcott, 1919[53]

Incertae sedis

9 especies

  • Amiskwia sagittiformis Walcott, 1911[2]
  • Chancelloria eros Walcott, 1920[50]
  • Dictyophycus gracilis Ruedemann, 1931[42]
  • Dinomischus isolatus Conway Morris, 1977[58]
  • Oesia disjuncta Walcott, 1911[2]
  • Pollingeria grandis Walcott, 1918[2]
  • Portalia mira Walcott, 1918[8]
  • Priscansermarinus barnetti Collins & Rudkin, 1981[59]
  • Scenella amii Matthew, 1902[60]

Notas
  1. En inglés, Burgess Shale.

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