Schistus Burgessensis
Schistus Burgessensis sive Anglice Burgess Shale, sedimentum apothecarium, est membrum formationis Stephenensis systematis Cambrii quae sub montibus Columbiae Britannicae latet. E schisto Burgessensi fossilia multa et varia stadii Wuliui periodi Cambriae mediae, mirabiliter conservata, effossa sunt.

Sedimentum a Carolo Walcott anno 1909 repertum est. Ipse species, quae sequuntur, e fossilibus schisti Burgessensis primus nominavit sed brevissime et imperfecte descripsit: Sidneyia inexpectans, Amiella ornata, Eldonia ludwigi, Louisella pedunculata, Mackenzia costalis, Amiskwia sagittiformis, Miskoia preciosa, Ayshaia pedunculata, Canadia spinosa, Selkirkia, Wiwaxia corrugata, Pollingeria grandis, Worthenella cambria, Ottoia prolifica, Banffia constricta, Pikaia gracilens, Oesia disiuncta, Opabinia regalis, Leanchoilia superlata, Yohoia tenuis, Bidentia difficilis, Naraoia compacta, Burgessia bella, Waptia fieldensis, Hymenocaris perfecta, Hurdia victoria, Tuzoia retifera, Odaraia alata, Fieldia lanceolata, Carnarvonia venosa, Marrella splendens, Mollisonia symmetrica, Mollisonia gracilis, Tontoia kwaguntensis, Molaria spinifera, Habelia optata, Emeraldella brocki. Species paucae iam antea descriptae in schisto Burgessensi recognoscuntur, videlicet Anomalocaris canadensis et Olenoides serratus ex aliis formationis Stephenensis partibus.

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Bibliographia 
 Jean-Bernard Caron, Simon Conway Morris, Degan Shu, "Tentaculate Fossils from the Cambrian of Canada (British Columbia) and China (Yunnan) Interpreted as Primitive Deuterostomes" in PLOS One (8 Martii 2010)
 Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: the Burgess Shale and the nature of history. 1989
 J. W. Hagadorn, "The Burgess Shale: Cambrian explosion in full bloom", "Burgess Shale-type localities: The global picture" in David J. Bottjer et al., Exceptional fossil preservation : a unique view on the evolution of marine life (Novi Eboraci: Columbia University Press, 2002) pp. 61-116
 J. Vannier, D.C. García-Bellido, S.-X. Hu, A.-L. Chen, "Arthropod visual predators in the early pelagic ecosystem: evidence from the Burgess Shale and Chengjiang biotas" in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 276 (2009) pp. 2567-2574
 
 
 
 
 

 Sanctacaris uncata (alio loco reperta)

 
Loci palaeontologici Cambrii
Columbia Britannica