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gptkbp:instanceOf
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fossil site
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gptkbp:age
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Cambrian period
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Geological_Society_of_America
gptkb:Royal_Tyrrell_Museum
gptkb:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
gptkb:Canadian_Geological_Survey
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Toronto
gptkb:Canadian_Museum_of_Nature
gptkb:McGill_University
gptkb:Parks_Canada
gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:University_of_Alberta
gptkb:Natural_History_Museum,_London
gptkb:Field_Museum,_Chicago
gptkb:Paleontological_Society
Paleobiology Database
Burgess_Shale_Geoscience_Foundation
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gptkbp:climate
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warm shallow seas
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gptkbp:conservationEfforts
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protected area
rapid burial
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gptkbp:established
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gptkb:Charles_Doolittle_Walcott
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gptkbp:fossilRecord
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anoxic conditions
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gptkbp:geologicalFeatures
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gptkb:Burgess_Shale_Formation
over 500 million years old
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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:location
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gptkb:Canada
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:David_Bottjer
gptkb:Derek_Briggs
gptkb:Richard_Fortey
gptkb:Wiwaxia
gptkb:Marrella
gptkb:Opabinia
gptkb:Simon_Conway_Morris
gptkb:Graham_Budd
Anomalocaris
Hallucigenia
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gptkbp:releaseYear
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1909
1970s
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gptkbp:researchField
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paleontology
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gptkbp:researchInterest
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gptkb:Cambrian_explosion
evolutionary biology
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gptkbp:significance
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preservation of soft-bodied organisms
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gptkbp:tourism
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popular hiking destination
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gptkbp:type
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marine fossils
invertebrate fossils
soft-bodied fossils
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gptkbp:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
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yes
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