Burgess Shale Famous Localities Paleontology

Burgess Shale Famous Localities Paleontology

The famous Burgess Shale of British Columbia contains an exceptionally well preserved Cambrian fauna. This group of animals, which are preserved primarily as carbon films, is one of the earliest nearly complete record of the age of complex life, and opens a window into an ecosystem that died out hundreds of millions of years ago.

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Burgess Shale Drawings - Hannah Caine provides illustrations of some of the well-preserved animals whose fossilized remains were found in the Burgess Shale.
The Yoho-Burgess Shale Foundation - The world's most significant fossil find. High in the Canadian Rocky Mountains is a fossil bed that details life on Earth - 520 Million years ago.
The Burgess Shale - The Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, provides an impressive exhibit of fossils.
Digital Burgess - Background in Paleontology and Digital Biota - Images of some Burgess Shale fossils.
Burgess Shale - Fossils of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale: photos and descriptions.
Burgess Shale: Evolution's Big Bang - Special exhibit at the McClung Museum showing the fascinating creatures discovered within the Burgess Shale, a fossil deposit in the Canadian Rockies.
Digital Burgess Conference - Information from a conference on the Burgess Shale including professional papers.
Burgess Shale Fossils - Descriptions and photos of the famous fossils found at the Walcott Quarry.

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