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Unveiling the Burgess Shale: Discovering Ancient Life in Canadian Rockies

Explore the remarkable Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies, a site that holds fossils dating back 540 million years. Unearth the mysteries of Dunkleosteus, Petrified Forest, and more. Learn about significant figures like Charles Wolcott and marvel at the diverse prehistoric creatures like Wiwaxia and Trilobites. Compare fossils and modern renditions of creatures like Marella, Hallucigenia, and Pikaia. Visit other fossil-rich locales like the Messel Pit and Morrison Formation, and delve into the origins of life at the Cradle of Humanity.

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Unveiling the Burgess Shale: Discovering Ancient Life in Canadian Rockies

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  1. Canadian Rockies (this is Banff)

  2. Location of the continents 540 million years ago

  3. Wolcott quarry at the Burgess shale

  4. Wolcott quarry at the Burgess shale

  5. Dunkleosteus (this is mine)

  6. Petrified Forest (Arizona)

  7. Fossilized corkscrew beaver’s burrow

  8. Charles Wolcott at the Burgess Shale

  9. Burgess shale - cartoon

  10. Burgess shale life - cartoon

  11. Wiwaxia

  12. Burgess shale life - anomalocaris

  13. Burgess shale life - opabinia

  14. Marella – fossil and cartoon

  15. Hallucigenia – fossil and cartoon

  16. Pikaia – cartoon and fossil

  17. Trilobites - cartoon

  18. Trilobites - fossils

  19. Burgess shall life - fossils

  20. Jehol Formation (feathered dinosaur)

  21. Morrison Formation (Allosaurus)

  22. Morrison Formation – Dinosaur Ridge Park (footprints)

  23. Messel Pit (Early mammal – Darwinius – with fur!)

  24. Messel Pit (Jewel Beetle)

  25. Cradle of Humanity (South Africa)

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