Editing Marrella (section)

==Occurrence==
Marrella is the most abundant genus in the [[Burgess Shale]].<ref name="Bottjer">{{cite book |author1=Bottjer, David J. |author2=Etter, Walter |author3=Hagadorn, James W. |author4=Tang, Carol M. |title=Exceptional Fossil Preservation: A unique view on the evolution of marine life |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |year=2002 |page=70 |isbn=978-0-231-10255-1 |oclc=47650949}}</ref> Most ''Marrella'' specimens herald from the 'Marrella bed', a thin horizon, but it is common in most other outcrops of the shale. Over 25,000&nbsp;specimens have been collected.<ref name="moulting">{{cite journal |last1=García-Bellido |first1=D. C. |last2=Collins |first2=D. H. |year=2004 |title=Moulting arthropod caught in the act |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |volume=429 |issue=6987 |pages=40 |bibcode=2004Natur.429...40G |doi=10.1038/429040a |pmid=15129272 |s2cid=40015864|doi-access=free }}</ref> 5028 specimens of ''Marrella'' are known from the Greater [[Phyllopod bed]], where they comprise 9.56% of the community.<ref name=Caron2006>{{cite journal|last1=Caron |first1=Jean-Bernard|last2=Jackson |first2=Donald A.|title=Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale|journal=PALAIOS |volume=21 |issue=5 |pages=451–65|date=October 2006|doi=10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R|jstor=20173022|bibcode=2006Palai..21..451C |s2cid=53646959 }}</ref>

A few dozen specimens of an indeterminate species of ''Marrella'' have been reported from the [[Kaili Formation]] of Yunnan, China, dating to the [[Wuliuan]] stage of the Cambrian. A single fragmentary specimen of an indeterminate species is also known from the [[Balang Formation]] of Yunnan, China, dating to [[Cambrian Stage 4]]. Both deposits are earlier than the Burgess Shale.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Liu |first=Qing |date=May 2013 |title=The First Discovery of ''Marrella'' (Arthropoda, Marrellomorpha) from the Balang Formation (Cambrian Series 2) in Hunan, China |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/12-118.1 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=87 |issue=3 |pages=391–394 |doi=10.1666/12-118.1 |bibcode=2013JPal...87..391L |s2cid=129018525 |issn=0022-3360|url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{Clear}}