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Tropical Fossils: The Burgess Shale Is Not Alone!

Tropical Fossils? The Burgess Shale fossils are found in the Canadian Rockies at a latitude of 51 North. However, the fossilized animals lived and died in the tropics. This change in latitude over time is the result of the slow action of Plate Tectonics. For the last 508 Million years the North America plate has […]

Leanchoilia an arthropod, from the Qingjiang fossil site

Qingjiang biota: A Burgess Shale type deposit in China

Hugh / April 3, 2019 / cambrian explosion, evolution

The Qingjiang biota, a newly discovered fossil site in China, is a treasure trove for paleontologists studying the Cambrian explosion, when life on Earth suddenly and massively expanded in diversity about 500 million years ago. More than 2,000 specimens were found at the 518 million-year-old site, and half of those specimens represent species of animals that

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Tropical Fossils: The Burgess Shale Is Not Alone!

Qingjiang biota: A Burgess Shale type deposit in China

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