Burgess Shale
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The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. At c.505 mill
Ottoia, a soft-bodied worm, abundant in the Burgess Shale. (From Smith et al. 2015)
Walcott Quarry of the Burgess Shale showing the Walcott Quarry Shale Member. The white parallel vertical streaks are remnants of drill holes made during excavations in the mid-1990s.
Artist's impression of the benthic environment of the site, showing Canadaspis perfecta gathering to mate and moult in the Walcott Quarry of the Burgess Shale (Phyllopod Bed, Layer -350), alongside other benthic animals like Wiwaxia, and the arthropod Marrella swimming above.
Ottoia
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Ottoia is a stem-group archaeopriapulid worm known from Cambrian fossils. Although priapulid-like worms from various Cambrian deposits are often referred to Ottoia on spurious grounds, the only clear
Burgess Shale
…Burgess Shale Stratigraphic range: Miaolingian c. Fort. 2 3 4 W D G P J 10 Ottoia, a soft-bodied worm, abundant in the Burgess Shale. (From Smith et al. 2015) Type Geological formation Unit of Stephen Formation Thickness 161 meters…
Ottoia reconstruction
Ottoia prolifica NMNH 57622
Teeth of Ottoia prolifica, from Smith et al. 2015