Category:Burgess Shale

**Burgess Shale**
	fossil-bearing rock formation in the Canadian Rockies
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Instance of	formation; paleontological site; lagerstätte;
Named after	Mount Burgess;
Made from material	shale;
Located in protected area	Yoho National Park;
Location	Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Columbia-Shuswap Regional District; Canada;
Heritage designation	World Heritage Site (Burgess Shale Site, (viii), 1980–1984); part of UNESCO World Heritage Site (Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, 1984–);
	51° 25′ 59.88″ N, 116° 28′ 01.2″ W
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	Q852085; VIAF ID: 351144783124435772090; NL CR AUT ID: ge1149075; BabelNet ID: 02779760n; World Heritage Site ID: 133
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English: Burgess Shale Formation is a Middle Cambrian age (505 million years old) geologic formation comprised of a black shale which crops out at a number of localities near the town of Field in the Canadian Rockies in the Yoho National Park of British Columbia, Canada. The formation is famous for the exceptional preservation of the fossils found within it, in which the soft parts are preserved.

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The following 32 files are in this category, out of 32 total.

Burgess community.gif 675 × 374; 57 KB
Burgess Shale detail.jpg 3,000 × 4,000; 8.43 MB
Burgess Shale Fossils.jpg 2,048 × 1,360; 1.66 MB
Burgess Shale from Emerald Lake.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 793 KB
Burgess Shale poster in Emerald Lake 01.jpg 1,098 × 1,027; 352 KB
Burgess Shale poster in Emerald Lake 03.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 955 KB
Burgess Shale poster in Emerald Lake 04.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 880 KB
Burgess Shale poster in Emerald Lake 05.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 707 KB
Burgess Shale poster in Emerald Lake 06.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 661 KB
Burgess Shale, Canada (ASTER).jpg 1,489 × 1,459; 288 KB
Burgess Shale, Yoho National Park of Canada (cropped).jpg 519 × 507; 220 KB
Burgess Shale, Yoho National Park of Canada.jpg 2,400 × 2,400; 3.44 MB
Burgess Shale, Yoho National Park.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 7.63 MB
Canadaspis perfecta 20221227.jpg 1,180 × 860; 335 KB
Jean-Bernard Caron in the field in at the Burgess Shale.jpeg 1,045 × 994; 1.09 MB
Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), Sidney Stevens Walcott (1892-1977), and Helen Breese Walcott (1894-1965).jpg 3,278 × 1,931; 2.12 MB
EZ and UE.jpg 2,816 × 2,120; 1.47 MB
Field notebook of Charles D. Walcott from August 31 to September 3, 1909.jpg 589 × 410; 220 KB
Fossil Ridge.jpg 2,816 × 2,120; 1.5 MB
John R Foster paleontologist.jpg 604 × 401; 63 KB
Knight Burgess Shale 2.jpg 298 × 452; 41 KB
Knight Burgess Shale.jpg 1,600 × 1,238; 504 KB
Marrella splendens 20221227.jpg 1,128 × 1,246; 373 KB
MtStephenAugust2009.JPG 4,000 × 3,000; 1.93 MB
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - Museum - Exhibition Primeval parade 09 - Round arrangement Burgessshale with fossils include Waptia, Sydneyia, Hyolithes, Pirania (sponges), Leanchoilia, Pollinchera, Canadaspis.jpg 4,116 × 2,744; 2.85 MB
Ottoia prolifica 20221227.jpg 1,170 × 792; 363 KB
Raymond quarry.jpg 2,816 × 2,120; 1.5 MB
Scenella amii 20221227.jpg 755 × 567; 241 KB
Trilobite Beds view.jpg 1,820 × 2,711; 1.38 MB
Tulip beds location and exposures PLoS ONE 7(1) e29233 fig 1.TIF 2,068 × 2,137; 8.17 MB
Walcott talus.jpg 2,816 × 2,120; 1.45 MB
WalcottQuarry080509.jpg 3,000 × 4,000; 7.74 MB

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