Burgess Shale Trilobite Community
Some of the diversity of the Burgess Shale biota is depicted in the drawing above by Sam Gon III and John Whorrall.
Trilobites such as
Olenoides serratus (1) were a minority among a diversity of arthropods such as
Sidneyia (9),
Waptia (17),
Helmetia (13),
Sanctacaris (18),
Tegopelte (15),
Naraoia (16),
Leanchoilia (10),
Canadaspis (12),
Odaraia (19),
Marrella (11), and
Burgessia (14), as well as oddities such as
Opabinia (24),
Wiwaxia (26),
Hallucigenia (20), and the giant predator,
Anomalocaris (28).
Excerpted from:
Trilobites of the Burgess Shale, Canada