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Giovanni Pari; Derek E.G. Briggs; Robert R. Gaines
Abstract:
Soft-bodied fossils of Cambrian age, now known as Burgess Shale-type
biotas, were first described from the Parker Slate of the northwest Vermont
(USA) slate belt in the late 19
th century, 25 years before the
discovery of the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. Here, we report
the rediscovery of fossiliferous horizons at Parker s Cobble, the site of
the original quarry, which was thought to have been exhausted by
excavation. New discoveries include a radiodont, multiple specimens of a
new bivalved arthropod, a priapulid, and other undescribed forms. Pervasive
soft-sediment deformation suggests accumulation near the toe of a steep