Burgess Shale fossil beds

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Burgess_Shale_fossil_beds

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb: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
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	gptkb: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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Burgess Shale fossil beds