'Burgess shale fauna' presentation slideshows

Objectives: Understand the physical characteristics and fossil evidence of the Burgess shale.

Cambrian Explosion. Objectives: Understand the physical characteristics and fossil evidence of the Burgess shale. Analyze the major causes of the Cambrian explosion. Apply and interpret Macro evolutionary patters such as Adaptive radiation and punctuated equilibrium. Cambrian Explosion

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History of Life

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The Burgess Shale Fauna

The Burgess Shale Fauna. Modern Location. Yoho National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada. The famous Phyllopod Beds of the Walcott Quarry. The Cambrian World ~ 525 MYA. Red = Mountain Belts Dark Blue = Deep Ocean Basins Light Blue = Shallow Seas. Phylum Arthropoda.

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