Macro- and microfossils of the Mount Cap Formation (Early and Middle Cambrian, Northwest Territories).

• Main Authors: Harvey, T. H. P., Butterfield, N. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: 04 - Palaeobiology; Northwest Territories; Burgess; Mackenzie mountains
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2434/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2434/1/18965-25146-1-PB.pdf

The Early–Middle Cambrian Mount Cap Formation, NWT, hosts a diverse range of exceptionally preserved fos sils. Like the celebrated Burgess Shale of British Columbia, the Mount Cap contains carbonaceous compression fossils of animals that lacked mineral ized hard parts, as well as the fully articulat...