Burgess Shale-type fauna

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil specimen
gptkbp:characterizedBy exceptional preservation of soft-bodied organisms
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Charles_Doolittle_Walcott
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Burgess_Shale
gptkbp:geologicalAge gptkb:Cambrian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burgess Shale-type fauna
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Anomalocaris
gptkb:Hallucigenia
gptkb:Marrella
gptkb:Nectocaris
gptkb:Olenoides
gptkb:Opabinia
gptkb:Pikaia
gptkb:Wiwaxia
gptkb:Aysheaia
gptkb:Choia
gptkb:Waptia
gptkb:Yunnanozoon
gptkb:Wiwaxia_corrugata
gptkb:Peytoia
gptkb:Naraoia
Canadia
Marella
Eldonia
Amiskwia
Banffia
Burgessochaeta
Dictyochaetus
Dinomischus
Haplophrentis
Leanchoilia
Leanchoilia superlata
Odontogriphus
Ottoia
Pirania
Plenocaris
Sanctacaris
Sidneyia
Siphusauctum
Skania
Thelxiope
Tuzoia
Vauxia
Walcottidiscus
Yohoia
gptkbp:location Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada
gptkbp:notableFor soft-tissue preservation
diversity of body plans
gptkbp:preserves carbonaceous compression
gptkbp:significance provides insight into early animal evolution
gptkbp:similarAssemblages gptkb:Chengjiang_biota
Emu Bay Shale biota
Sirius Passet biota
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emu_Bay_Shale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6