TABLE OF COnTEnTs FOREWORD...............................................................................................................................................................................1 Jean-Bernard Caron PREFacE ....................................................................................................................................................................................7 Paul A. Johnston and Kimberley J. Johnston ThE cambRiDgE UnivERsiTy–gEOlOgical sURvEy OF canaDa ExcavaTiOn OF ThE bURgEss shalE in 1967 David L. Bruton ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................................................................................9 ACKnowLeDgemenTS ..........................................................................................................................................................9 PRePARATIon ..........................................................................................................................................................................10 BURgeSS PASS ........................................................................................................................................................................10 woRK AT THe QUARRY ........................................................................................................................................................11 CAmP LIFe ................................................................................................................................................................................11 wILD LIFe .................................................................................................................................................................................16 THe enD ....................................................................................................................................................................................16 ReFeRenCeS ...........................................................................................................................................................................17 WhaT is a PhylUm? sysTEmaTics, EvOlUTiOn anD ThE bURgEss shalE Keynyn Brysse ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................................................................19 InTRoDUCTIon ......................................................................................................................................................................20 ACKnowLeDgmenTS ..........................................................................................................................................................21 CHAngIng InTeRPReTATIonS oF THe BURgeSS SHALe ...........................................................................................22 THe SHAPe oF moRPHoLogICAL DISPARITY ................................................................................................................22 THe oCCUPATIon AnD nAVIgATIon oF moRPHoSPACe ............................................................................................24 goULD’S moRPHospace moDeL: YoU CAn’T geT THeRe FRom HeRe ...............................................................25 Conway moRRIS’S moRPHospace moDeL: nARRow RoADS oF PoTenTIALITY ............................................26 eVoLUTIonARY ConSTRAInTS; ADAPTATIonISm VeRSUS STRUCTURALISm ....................................................27 wHAT IS A PHYLUm? .............................................................................................................................................................30 PHYLA AnD BoDYPLAnS .................................................................................................................................................30 GoULD AS weAK eSSenTIALIST; Conway moRRIS AS CLASSIC DARwInIST .................................................31 PHASe 3: A LIneAge-BASeD DeFInITIon oF PHYLA ...............................................................................................32 ConCLUSIon ...........................................................................................................................................................................35 PHYLA AnD THe BURgeSS SHALe ................................................................................................................................35 FUTURe PoSSIBILITIeS ....................................................................................................................................................35 ReFeRenCeS ...........................................................................................................................................................................36 ThE DEvElOPmEnT OF miD-cambRian liThOsTRaTigRaPhical nOmEnclaTURE in ThE viciniTy OF ThE bURgEss shalE, KicKing hORsE bElT OF canaDa Terence P. Fletcher ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................................................................39 InTRoDUCTIon ......................................................................................................................................................................39 ACKnowLeDgmenTS ..........................................................................................................................................................40 1861–1910...................................................................................................................................................................................40 1910–1928...................................................................................................................................................................................43 1928–1954...................................................................................................................................................................................44 1954–1980...................................................................................................................................................................................46 1980–2003...................................................................................................................................................................................48 Rom STUDIeS ..........................................................................................................................................................................50 2003–2009...................................................................................................................................................................................55 ISSUeS .......................................................................................................................................................................................57 diffeRentiation oF THe ConTemPoRAneoUS nAISeT AnD moUnT wHYTe FoRmationS ..................57 AITKen’S TAKAKKAw TongUe .....................................................................................................................................59 CatheDRAL FoRmation-TAKAKKAw FoRmation RelationSHIPS In THe KICKIng HoRSe VALLeY ..59 THe oRIgIn oF THe CatheDRAL eSCARPmenT .......................................................................................................62 MonARCH FoRmation In THe KICKIng HoRSe VALLeY .....................................................................................63 Narao-Waputik / PARADox-mARPoLe RelationSHIPS .....................................................................................64 LoCAL DeVeLoPmenTS oF THe BURgeSS SHALe FoRmation ..........................................................................67 EnVIRonmental ConTRoLS ........................................................................................................................................68 ReFeRenCeS ...........................................................................................................................................................................68 a nEW bURgEss shalE-TyPE lOcaliTy in ThE “Thin” sTEPhEn FORmaTiOn, KOOTEnay naTiOnal PaRK, bRiTish cOlUmbia: sTRaTigRaPhic anD PalEOEnviROnmEnTal sETTing Robert R. gaines ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................................................................73 InTRoDUCTIon ......................................................................................................................................................................74 DePoSITIonAL SeTTIng AnD STRATIgRAPHY oF THe STePHen FoRmATIon ....................................................75 ACKnowLeDgemenTS ........................................................................................................................................................77 meTHoDS .................................................................................................................................................................................77 ReSULTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................77 STRATIgRAPHIC