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Parks Canada: Yoho National Park: The Burgess Shale WebsiteParks Canada: Yoho National Park: The Burgess Shale Website
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9th - 10th
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Parks Canada: Yoho National Park: The Burgess Shale

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First discovered by Charles Walcott in 1909, the Burgess Shale is a UNESCO World Heritage site containing fossils dating back to the Cambrian period, 505 million years ago. This site provides the history of this area and information on visiting Yoho National Park.

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fossil taxonomy, shale fossils, cambrian fossils, cambrian period, charles walcott, unesco world heritage site, sedimentary rock, shale

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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