Phyllopod bed

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The Phyllopod bed, designated by USNM locality number 35k,[1] is the most famous fossil-bearing member of the Burgess Shale fossil Lagerstätte. It was quarried by Charles Walcott from 1911–1917 (and later named Walcott Quarry), and was the source of 95% of the fossils he collected during this time;[2] tens of thousands of soft-bodied fossils[3] representing over 150 genera[4] have been recovered from the Phyllopod bed alone.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference SCM1977 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Collins, D.; Briggs, D.; Conway Morris, S. (1983). "New Burgess Shale Fossil Sites Reveal Middle Cambrian Faunal Complex". Science. 222 (4620): 163–167. Bibcode:1983Sci...222..163C. doi:10.1126/science.222.4620.163. PMID 17741659. S2CID 12119240.
  3. ^ Conway Morris, S. (1989). "Burgess Shale Faunas and the Cambrian Explosion". Science. 246 (4928): 339–346. Bibcode:1989Sci...246..339C. doi:10.1126/science.246.4928.339. PMID 17747916. S2CID 10491968.
  4. ^ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022. S2CID 53646959.