Burgess Shale

GPTKB entity

Statements (70)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:fossils
gptkbp:area approximately 1,000 hectares
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Burgess_Shale_biota
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_annelids
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_arthropods
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_brachiopods
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_chordates
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_cnidarians
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_hyoliths
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_mollusks
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_priapulids
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_sponges
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_trilobites
gptkb:Charles_Doolittle_Walcott
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_Formation
Burgess Shale echinoderms
gptkbp:contains Cambrian fossils
gptkbp:contributes_to understanding of early life
gptkbp:date_enacted gptkb:1980
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Charles_Doolittle_Walcott
1909
gptkbp:discovery_year 1909
gptkbp:exhibits gptkb:Burgess_Shale_biota
gptkbp:features marine fossils
gptkbp:fossil_record gptkb:rock
gptkb:Nectocaris
gptkb:dinosaurs
gptkb:Hallucigenia
gptkb:Pikaia
gptkb:Wiwaxia
gptkb:Dikelocephalus
gptkb:Aysheaia
gptkb:Drepanosaurus
gptkb:Marrella
gptkb:Opabinia
marine fossils
Siphusauctum
soft-bodied fossils
gptkbp:geological_features Cambrian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burgess Shale
gptkbp:influenced_by tectonic activity
gptkbp:is_recognized_as gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:location gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:named_after Burgess Pass
gptkbp:notable_for exceptional preservation of soft-bodied organisms
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Yoho_National_Park
gptkbp:research_importance Cambrian explosion
evolutionary biology
paleontology
paleoecology
gptkbp:significance preservation of soft-bodied organisms
gptkbp:species gptkb:Nectocaris
gptkb:dinosaurs
gptkb:Hallucigenia
gptkb:Pikaia
gptkb:Wiwaxia
gptkb:Aysheaia
gptkb:Marrella
gptkb:Opabinia
gptkb:Drepanocladus
Pseudofranklinia
Siphusauctum
Canadia
Haplophrentis
gptkbp:type_of gptkb:rock
gptkbp:unesco_world_heritage_site yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:dinosaurs
gptkb:fossils
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4