Palaeobiology and community analysis of the Burgess Shale biota.

伯吉斯页岩生物群的古生物学和群落分析。

• 批准号: 341944-2012
• 负责人: Caron, JeanBernard
• 金额: $ 1.97万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=549558
• 关键词: Palaeobiology; community; analysis; Burgess; Shale

The earliest animals appeared and evolved rapidly during the so-called Cambrian Explosion, starting about 542 million years ago. One of the best places in the world for the study of this important event is the Burgess Shale in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Here, the exceptionally-preserved fossil biota, composed mostly of soft-bodied animals, offers a rare glimpse into marine life during that critical time period.

最早的动物出现并在所谓的寒武纪大爆发期间迅速进化，大约开始于5.42亿年前。世界上研究这一重要事件的最佳地点之一是不列颠哥伦比亚省约霍国家公园的伯吉斯页岩。在这里，保存异常完好的生物化石群，主要由软体动物组成，在这一关键时期提供了一个罕见的海洋生物一瞥。