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Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
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Burgess Shale
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 508 million years old, it is one of the earliest fossil beds containing soft-part…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Charles Doolittle Walcott
American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850–1927)
Charles Doolittle Walcott was an American paleontologist, administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and director of the United States Geological Survey. He is famous for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils, including some of the oldest soft-part…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)