Burgess Shale Formation

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:rock_formations
gptkbp:age Cambrian
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Cambrian_Explosion
Burgess Shale fossil beds
gptkbp:conservation_status gptkb:protected_area
gptkbp:contains soft-bodied organisms
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Charles_Doolittle_Walcott
gptkbp:discovery_year 1909
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:fossils
gptkbp:formation_thickness up to 1,600 meters
gptkbp:fossil_record gptkb:dinosaurs
gptkb:Hallucigenia
gptkb:Wiwaxia
gptkb:Marrella
gptkb:Opabinia
gptkbp:geological_features gptkb:fossils
Middle Cambrian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burgess Shale Formation
gptkbp:is_displayed_in gptkb:Yoho_National_Park
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:notable_authors gptkb:David_Bottjer
gptkb:Richard_Fortey
gptkb:David_J._Bottjer
gptkb:Simon_Conway_Morris
gptkb:Graham_Budd
gptkb:Martin_Smith
Derek E. G. Briggs
Richard A. Fortey
Jean-Bernard Caron
Derek Briggs
J. William Mc Gowan
Peter Van Roy
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Canadian_Rockies
gptkb:Burgess_Shale_Geoscience_Foundation
gptkbp:primary_composition shale
gptkbp:research_importance evolutionary biology
paleoecology
biostratigraphy
gptkbp:research_institutes gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkb:University_of_Alberta
gptkb:Royal_Ontario_Museum
gptkbp:secondary_composition gptkb:limestone
gptkbp:significance gptkb:fossils
gptkbp:tourism geological tours
gptkbp:type gptkb:rock
gptkbp:unesco_world_heritage_site yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:dinosaurs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4