Sunday, August 30, 2009
Centennial anniversary...
of the discovery of the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada and its extraordinary fossil faunas by Charles Walcott occurs today. This deposit of exceptionally well preserved soft-bodied marine organisms of Middle Cambrian age is arguably the most important fossil discovery on Earth.
Labels:
geology,
paleontology
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