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Acanthotretella

Acanthotretella

A brachiopod covered in long, slender spines

Acrothyra

Acrothyra

A tiny brachiopod with smooth valves

Actaeus

Actaeus

A very rare arthropod with great appendages and large eyes

Alalcomenaeus

Alalcomenaeus

An arthropod with whip-like appendages

Amiskwia

Amiskwia

A worm-like, swimming animal with paired antennae

Amplectobelua

Amplectobelua

An anomalocaridid with a frontal appendage bearing a pair of large spines

Ancalagon

Ancalagon

A worm bearing the name of a dragon

Anomalocaris

Anomalocaris

The largest predator of the Cambrian, first described in 1892

Aysheaia

Aysheaia

A very primitive arthropod-like animal with spiked legs

Banffia

Banffia

An enigmatic animal with a rotated body

Bathyuriscus

Bathyuriscus

A very common Mount Stephen trilobite

Bosworthia

Bosworthia

A presumed red alga composed of thick branches

Branchiocaris

Branchiocaris

A large, swimming arthropod with a bivalved carapace

Burgessia

Burgessia

A primitive arthropod with a kidney-shaped stomach

Burgessochaeta

Burgessochaeta

A burrowing bristleworm with a pair of long tentacles

Burlingia

Burlingia

An unusual, rare and tiny trilobite

Byronia

Byronia

A jellyfish polyp named after a Canadian banker

Cambrorhytium

Cambrorhytium

A solitary, cone-shaped organism

Canadaspis

Canadaspis

A common arthropod with two large valves

Canadia

Canadia

A swimming worm with long bristles

Capsospongia

Capsospongia

A conical sponge with a coral-like appearance

Carnarvonia

Carnarvonia

A poorly-known bivalved arthropod with vascular markings

Caryosyntrips

Caryosyntrips

An anomalocaridid with nutcracker-like appendages

Chancelloria

Chancelloria

A hollow, cactus-like fossil of unknown affinity

Chancia

Chancia

Trilobite with wide brim and many segments

Chaunograptus

Chaunograptus

A minute colonial organism with simple conical extensions

Choia

Choia

A discoidal sponge with long radial spicules

Crumillospongia

Crumillospongia

A large, purse-shaped sponge peppered with wide openings

Ctenorhabdotus

Ctenorhabdotus

A comb-jelly with a lantern-like body and 8 sets of 3 comb-rows

Dalyia

Dalyia

A presumed red alga with long slender stems

Diagoniella

Diagoniella

A conical sponge with a diagonally arranged skeleton

Dictyophycus

Dictyophycus

A possible algal frond with a delicate net-like structure

Dinomischus

Dinomischus

An enigmatic chalice-shaped animal

Diraphora

Diraphora

A brachiopod with a ridged appearance

Echmatocrinus

Echmatocrinus

A putative echinoderm with thick arms

Ehmaniella

Ehmaniella

Trilobite with 13 segments and a small tail shield

Eiffelia

Eiffelia

A globe-like calcareous sponge with star-shaped spicules

Eiffelospongia

Eiffelospongia

A small ovoid sponge with a long hairy-like root tuft

Eldonia

Eldonia

A discoidal organism with short tentacles

Elrathia

Elrathia

A small, rare, and poorly known trilobite

Elrathina

Elrathina

Trilobite with numerous segments and a tiny tail shield

Emeraldella

Emeraldella

A small, predatory arthropod with a long tail and antennae

Falospongia

Falospongia

A funnel-shaped sponge with a characteristic grid-like wall

Fasciculus

Fasciculus

A very rare comb-jelly with two sets of comb-rows

Fieldia

Fieldia

A spine-covered burrowing worm

Fieldospongia

Fieldospongia

A cone-shaped sponge with a regular net-like skeleton

Gogia

Gogia

A stalked echinoderm with branched appendages

Habelia 1

Habelia 1

An arthropod covered in tubercles

Habelia 2

Habelia 2

A poorly-known arthropod with a short tail spine

Halichondrites

Halichondrites

An elongate cone-shaped sponge with long hair-like spicules

Hallucigenia

Hallucigenia

A prickly worm that turns out to have “legs”

Hamptonia

Hamptonia

A large sponge with long, radiating spicules

Hamptoniella

Hamptoniella

A small, three-dimensional sponge with numerous canals

Hanburia

Hanburia

A very rare "blind" trilobite from the Burgess Shale

Haplophrentis

Haplophrentis

A small cone-shaped shell with two curved spines and a cap

Hazelia

Hazelia

A very common sponge

Helmetia

Helmetia

A swimming arthropod with a wide, leaf-like carapace

Herpetogaster

Herpetogaster

A creeping organism with tentacles and a long stalk

Hurdia

Hurdia

A cousin of Anomalocaris with large carapaces and comb-like claws

Insolicorypha

Insolicorypha

The rarest bristleworm from the Burgess Shale

Isoxys

Isoxys

A swimming predator with pointy carapaces

Kootenia

Kootenia

Trilobite with short, blunt spines

Laggania

Laggania

A fast swimming, Anomalocaris-like predator

Leanchoilia

Leanchoilia

An arthropod with two long appendages ending in whip-like lashes

Leptomitus

Leptomitus

The tallest sponge from the Burgess Shale

Liangshanella

Liangshanella

A tiny arthropod with a bivalved carapace

Lingulella

Lingulella

A centimetre-scale, mineralized brachiopod with a long pedicle

Louisella

Louisella

A large spiny, carnivorous worm

Lyracystis

Lyracystis

A large stalked echinoderm with delicate lyre-shaped arms

Mackenzia

Mackenzia

A Burgess Shale sea anemone-like animal

Margaretia

Margaretia

A large tubular alga with numerous protuberances

Marpolia

Marpolia

A bush-like filamentous cyanobacteria

Marrella

Marrella

An abundant arthropod with large head spines

Metaspriggina

Metaspriggina

A very rare eel-like chordate

Micromitra

Micromitra

A brachiopod with long, slender spines extending from the shell margin

Molaria

Molaria

A small arthropod with a long, flexible posterior spine

Mollisonia

Mollisonia

A poorly-known arthropod with seven thoracic segments

Morania

Morania

A common sheath-like cyanobacteria

Naraoia

Naraoia

An arthropod with two soft dorsal shields

Nectocaris

Nectocaris

A squid-like predator with a pair of long tentacles

Nisusia

Nisusia

A small brachiopod with long slender spines attached to the anterior margin

Odaraia

Odaraia

An arthropod designed like a submarine

Odontogriphus

Odontogriphus

A slug-like creature that scraped food from the ocean floor with its toothed tongue

Oesia

Oesia

An enigmatic worm-like animal

Ogygopsis

Ogygopsis

The most abundant fossil in the Mount Stephen Trilobite Beds

Oikozetetes

Oikozetetes

A possible slug-like animal only known from two different types of shells

Olenoides

Olenoides

The best-known trilobite from the Burgess Shale

Opabinia

Opabinia

A primitive arthropod with five eyes and a long “nozzle” with claws

Orthrozanclus

Orthrozanclus

A tiny grazing animal covered with spines

Oryctocephalus

Oryctocephalus

Small, spiny trilobite with paired pits on the head

Ottoia

Ottoia

The most common Burgess Shale worm

Pagetia

Pagetia

Diminutive trilobite with tiny eyes

Paterina

Paterina

A brachiopod with prominent growth lines

Peronochaeta

Peronochaeta

A tiny, slender bristleworm

Perspicaris

Perspicaris

A small, swimming arthropod with large eyes on stalks

Petaloptyon

Petaloptyon

An unusual goblet-like sponge on a stalk

Pikaia

Pikaia

A very primitive fish-like animal

Pirania

Pirania

A cactus-like sponge

Plenocaris

Plenocaris

A small arthropod with a short head shield

Pollingeria

Pollingeria

An enigmatic fossil originally interpreted as a scale of a worm

Portalia

Portalia

A sea-cucumber-like animal covered in tentacles

Priscansermarinus

Priscansermarinus

An enigmatic barnacle-like animal

Protoprisma

Protoprisma

A glass sponge with long prismatic branches

Protospongia

Protospongia

A sponge with distinctive cruciform spicules

Ptychagnostus

Ptychagnostus

Tiny “blind” trilobite

Sanctacaris

Sanctacaris

The “Santa Claws” arthropod from Mount Stephen

Sarotrocercus

Sarotrocercus

A tiny arthropod with enormous eyes

Scenella

Scenella

A small enigmatic limpet-like animal

Scolecofurca

Scolecofurca

A worm with a fork-like front end

Selkirkia

Selkirkia

A worm living in a tube

Sidneyia

Sidneyia

An arthropod named after Charles Walcott's son

Skania

Skania

A tiny kite-shaped arthropod

Sphenothallus

Sphenothallus

A rare, sling-shaped tubular animal

Stanleycaris

Stanleycaris

An anomalocaridid with a frontal appendage bearing double-pointed dorsal spines

Stephenoscolex

Stephenoscolex

A slender, benthic worm covered in tiny bristles

Stephenospongia

Stephenospongia

A rare sponge with conspicuous holes

Takakkawia

Takakkawia

A conical sponge with blade-like fins

Tegopelte

Tegopelte

A giant trilobite-like arthropod

Thaumaptilon

Thaumaptilon

An enigmatic feather-like organism

Thelxiope

Thelxiope

A rare spiny arthropod

Tubulella

Tubulella

A slender, conical tube related to jellyfish

Tuzoia

Tuzoia

A large pelagic bivalved arthropod

Ulospongiella

Ulospongiella

A sponge with a wool-like appearance

Vauxia

Vauxia

A common group of sponges with distinct bush-like forms

Wahpia

Wahpia

An small alga with slender branches

Walcottidiscus

Walcottidiscus

A large globular echinoderm with distinctive star-shaped food groves

Wapkia

Wapkia

Large elongate sponge with spicules arranged in plumose patterns

Waptia

Waptia

A shrimp-like arthropod with a long abdomen

Waputikia

Waputikia

A rare and delicate alga with fine ramifications

Wiwaxia

Wiwaxia

An armoured slug-like organism

Worthenella

Worthenella

An enigmatic millipede-like arthropod

Xanioascus

Xanioascus

A sac-like comb-jelly with 24 comb-rows

Yohoia

Yohoia

A small, carnivorous arthropod with great appendages

Yuknessia

Yuknessia

A putative tubular green alga with long branches

Zacanthoides

Zacanthoides

A spiny Mount Stephen trilobite

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