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gptkbp:instanceOf
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fossil specimen
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gptkbp:age
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about 508 million years
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gptkbp:containsFossilsOf
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gptkb:Anomalocaris
gptkb:Hallucigenia
gptkb:Marrella
gptkb:Nectocaris
gptkb:Opabinia
gptkb:Pikaia
gptkb:Wiwaxia
Canadia
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gptkbp:coordinates
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51.4397°N 116.4711°W
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Canada
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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gptkb:Charles_Doolittle_Walcott
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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1909
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gptkbp:ecosystem
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gptkb:marine
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gptkbp:form
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gptkb:stone
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gptkbp:fossilAssemblage
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Burgess Shale-type biota
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gptkbp:fossilDiversity
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over 200 species
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gptkbp:geologicalAge
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gptkb:Cambrian
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Burgess Shale
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gptkbp:influenced
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evolutionary biology
paleontology
Stephen Jay Gould's book 'Wonderful Life'
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkb:Canadian_Rockies
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gptkbp:managedBy
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gptkb:Parks_Canada
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gptkbp:nearestCity
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gptkb:Field,_British_Columbia
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gptkbp:notableFor
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exceptional preservation of soft-bodied fossils
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gptkbp:notablePublication
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'Wonderful Life' by Stephen Jay Gould
'The Fossils of the Burgess Shale' by Derek Briggs, Harry Whittington, and Simon Conway Morris
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gptkbp:openToPublic
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guided tours only
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gptkbp:paleocoordinates
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tropical latitude during Cambrian
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:Stephen_Formation
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Canadian_Rocky_Mountain_Parks
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gptkbp:preservationEnvironment
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deep-water slope
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gptkbp:preserves
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fossil specimen
soft tissue preservation
carbon films
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gptkbp:relatedFormation
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gptkb:Chengjiang_biota
gptkb:Emu_Bay_Shale
gptkb:Sirius_Passet
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gptkbp:researchInstitutions
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gptkb:Royal_Ontario_Museum
gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
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gptkbp:sedimentType
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fine-grained mudstone
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gptkbp:significance
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insight into Cambrian explosion
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gptkbp:thickness
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about 160 meters
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gptkbp:type
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Walcott Quarry
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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1980
yes
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Harry_B._Whittington
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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