Burgess Shale

Natural SiteWorld Heritage Site

Fossil-bearing rock formation in the Canadian Rockies

The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. At c.505 million years old, it is one of the earliest fossil beds containing soft-part imprints.

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