The Burgess Shale Formation is located in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies. It is a fossil field that is famous for it's excellent preservation of its fossil contents. It is 505 million years old and one of the earliest fossil formations. It was discovered in 1909 by Charles Walcott. The fossils are believed to be evidence of an abundance of life after the Cambrian explosion.
Anomalocaris
Wiwaxia
Hallucigenia
Opabinia
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