| Part of a series on |
| The Burgess Shale |
|---|
 |
A number of assemblages bear fossil assemblages similar in character to that of the Burgess Shale. While many are also preserved in a similar fashion to the Burgess Shale, the term "Burgess Shale-type fauna" covers assemblages based on taxonomic criteria only.[1]
- ^ Orr, P.; Benton, Michael J.; Briggs, Derek E.G. (2003). "Post-Cambrian Closure of the Deep-Water Slope-Basin Taphonomic Window". Geology. 31 (9): 769. Bibcode:2003Geo....31..769O. doi:10.1130/G19193.1.