A columnal-bearing eocrinoid from the Cambrian Burgess Shale (British Columbia, Canada)

作者:Sumrall Colin D*; Zamora Samuel
来源:Journal of Paleontology, 2015, 89(2): 366-368.
DOI:10.1017/jpa.2014.54

摘要

A new eocrinoid ?Ubaghsicystis sp. from the middle Cambrian (Series 3, Stage 5) Burgess Shale is reported based on a single known specimen. This species extends the stratigraphic range of columnal-bearing eocrinoids in Laurentia significantly from Cambrian Stage 7 (Guzhangian) to Stage 5. It increases the diversity of echinoderms in this well-known fossil-Lagerstatte, provides the oldest evidence of columnal-bearing eocrinoids from Laurentia, and further documents the cosmopolitan distribution of middle Cambrian echinoderm clades.

  • 出版日期2015-3