Data from: The macro- and microfossil record of the middle Cambrian priapulid Ottoia

• Main Authors: Smith, Martin R., Harvey, Thomas H. P., Butterfield, Nicholas J.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dryad Digital Repository 2016
• Subjects: Small Carbonaceous Fossils; Canada; Western Canada Sedimentary Basin; Burgess Shale; Alberta; British Columbia; Saskatchewan; Northwest Territories; Cambrian; Ottoia; Priapulida; Archaeopriapulida; Ecdysozoa; Fieldia lanceolata; Selkirkia columbia; Louisella pedunculata; Ancalagon minor; Ottoia prolifica; Ottoia tricuspida; Louisella; Fieldia; Ancalagon; Life sciences; medicine and health care; geo; archeo; Burgess; Walcott
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.km109

The stem-group priapulid Ottoia Walcott, 1911, is the most abundant worm in the mid-Cambrian Burgess Shale, but has not been unambiguously demonstrated elsewhere. High-resolution electron and optical microscopy of macroscopic Burgess Shale specimens reveals the detailed anatomy of its robust hooks,...