Burgess Shale

In class I learned about the Burgess Shale, something of which i had never heard before. It is located in British Columbia, in Canada, and was discovered in 1909. It was discovered by Charles Walcott and is one of the most important fossil sites on earth. It is located in the Canadian part of the Rocky mountains. It is especially famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of the fossils. The shale correlates to a Stephen formation.

Below are some pictuers of the site:

               

 

Just a funny animation:

This is a map of the location of the Shale: