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Paleobiology Collections Tour
Burgess Shale

Burgess Shale Collection 7 June 2006 Aysheaia Discovered in 1909 by Charles Walcott (then Secretary of the Smithsonian), the Cambrian-age Burgess Shale is considered by some to be the most significant fossil find to-date because of the exceptional preservation - often including soft body parts. Walcott collected more than 65,000 specimens from the quarry which he named after the nearby Mount Burgess, located amid the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia.

Burgess Shale Collection 7 June 2006 Pictured at top, Hallucigenia.

Burgess Shale Collection 7 June 2006 Leanchoilia

Burgess Shale Collection 7 June 2006 Sidneyia Sidneyia is an arthropod, one of the top predators. This specimen was the first one found in this genus, discovered by Sidney Walcott when he was 9 years old so his father, Charles Walcott, named it after him.

Burgess Shale Tour photos complements of Caleb McMahan.

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