TAXONOMY, TAPHONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF A NEW BURGESS SHALE-TYPE LAGERSTÄTTE FROM THE MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA

• Main Author: Kimmig, Julien
• Other Authors: Pratt, Brian R., Mángano, Gabriel, Renaut, Robin, Aitken, Alec, Merriam, James, Egenhoff, Sven
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2014
• Subjects: Keyword 1; Burgess Shale; Keyword 2; Mackenzie Mountains; Burgess; Canada; Northwest Territories; Ravens Throat River; The Ravens; Mackenzie mountains
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-09-1719

The middle Cambrian (Drumian) Rockslide Formation is a deeper-water succession of mixed carbonates and siliciclastics. At the Ravens Throat River location it hosts a Burgess Shale-type (BST) deposit. The BST units are found in two separate 1m thick horizons of green-coloured calcareous mudstone and...