Burgess Shale fossil beds

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Burgess_Shale_fossil_beds
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil specimen
gptkbp:age about 508 million years
gptkbp:containsFossilsOf gptkb:Anomalocaris
gptkb:Hallucigenia
gptkb:Marrella
gptkb:Opabinia
gptkb:Pikaia
gptkb:Wiwaxia
Canadia
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Charles_Doolittle_Walcott
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1909
gptkbp:geologicalAge gptkb:Cambrian
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter gptkb:Royal_Ontario_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burgess Shale fossil beds
gptkbp:latitude 51.4397
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkb:Yoho_National_Park
gptkbp:longitude -116.4711
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Field,_British_Columbia
gptkbp:notableFor exceptional preservation of soft-bodied organisms
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Stephen_Formation
gptkbp:preserves fossil specimen
gptkbp:protectedBy gptkb:Parks_Canada
gptkbp:significance key to understanding Cambrian explosion
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Canadian_Rocky_Mountain_Parks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mount_Burgess
gptkb:Mount_Stephen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5