Waukesha Biota
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The Waukesha Biota (also known as Waukesha Lagerstätte, Brandon Bridge Lagerstätte, or Brandon Bridge fauna) refers to a Konservat-Lagerstätte ( a fossil site that preserves soft bodied remains) of Early Silurian (Telychian to Sheinwoodian) age found within the Brandon Bridge Formation in Waukesha County and Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It is known for the exceptional preservation of its diverse, soft-bodied and lightly skeletonized taxa, including many major taxa found nowhere else in strata of similar age. The sites discovery was announced in 1985, thus leading to a wide plethora of discoveries being made. This biota is one of the few well studied lagerstättes from the Silurian, making it very important in our understanding of Silurian faunas. Some of the taxa found here are no
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Two quarries apart
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Parioscorpio venator, an enigmatic arthropod from the Waukesha biota.
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Early Silurian
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Waukesha County and Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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The Waukesha Biota (also known as Waukesha Lagerstätte, Brandon Bridge Lagerstätte, or Brandon Bridge fauna) refers to a Konservat-Lagerstätte ( a fossil site that preserves soft bodied remains) of Early Silurian (Telychian to Sheinwoodian) age found within the Brandon Bridge Formation in Waukesha County and Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It is known for the exceptional preservation of its diverse, soft-bodied and lightly skeletonized taxa, including many major taxa found nowhere else in strata of similar age. The sites discovery was announced in 1985, thus leading to a wide plethora of discoveries being made. This biota is one of the few well studied lagerstättes from the Silurian, making it very important in our understanding of Silurian faunas. Some of the taxa found here are not easily classified into known animal groups, showing that there is a great amount of studying that needs to be done on this site. Other taxa that are normally common in other Silurian deposits are rare here, but Trilobites are still quite common in the area. This site is also important because it shows that while Wisconsin's paleontology is often overlooked, it still provides exceptional insights concerning the history and diversity of life on Earth.
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Very localized
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Waukesha County, Wisconsin; not to be confused with the Waukesha Formation, which overlies the Brandon Bridge Formation
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Finely laminated interbedded mudstone
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