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Attribution
Simon Conway Morris
Publication Details
Book, Oxford University Press, 1998
Description
Indeed, he provides a complete overview of this remarkable find, ranging from an informative, basic discussion of the origins of life and animals on earth, to a colorful description of Charles Walcott’s discovery of the Burgess Shale and of the painstaking scientific work that went on there (as well as in Burgess collections held at Harvard and the Smithsonian), to an account of similar fossil finds in Greenland and in China. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Invertebrates, Fossil · British Columbia · Yoho National Park · Paleontology · Cambrian · Fossils · Yoho National Park · Evolution (Biology) · Burgess Shale (B.C.) · Yoho National Park (B.C.) · Conway Morris, S
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(UPPER LEVEL) QE770 .C67 1998 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QE770 .C67 1998	AVAILABLE

Attribution
Derek E.G. Briggs, Douglas H. Erwin, Frederick J. Collier ; with photographs by Chip Clark
Publication Details
Book, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) · Catalogs · National Museum of Natural History · Invertebrates, Fossil · British Columbia · Yoho National Park · Paleontology · Cambrian · Yoho National Park · Fossils · Washington (D.C.) · Burgess Shale (B.C.) · Briggs, D. E. G · Erwin, Douglas H., 1958- · Collier, Frederick J. 1932-
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(UPPER LEVEL) QE770 .B75 1994 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QE770 .B75 1994	AVAILABLE

Attribution
Stephen Jay Gould
Publication Details
Book, W.W. Norton, 1989
Description
Tucked into the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. Discovered early in the century, the shale holds the remains of an ancient sea that nurtured more varities of life than can be found in all of our modern oceans. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Invertebrates, Fossil · Paleontology · Cambrian · British Columbia · Yoho National Park · Philosophy · Contingency (Philosophy) · Burgess Shale (B.C.) · Yoho National Park (B.C.) · Gould, Stephen Jay
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(UPPER LEVEL) QE770 .G67 1989 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QE770 .G67 1989	AVAILABLE