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Chengjiang
http://www.palaeontologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Stuff/casu30.htm
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This site describes the Chengjiang fauna, one of the most exciting, oldest, and best preserved Paleozoic biota. With a wealth of different taxa that was never expected for the Early Cambrian, it is said to be the most spectacular paleontologic discovery since the Burgess Shale of British Columbia and one of the most important fossil archives known so far. After information on stratigraphy and preservation, the site contains a discussion of the fossil assemblages which include diverse algae, medusiform metazoans, chondrophorines, sponges, chancelloriids, sea anemones, priapulid worms, hyoliths, possible ectoprocts, inarticulate brachiopods, annelid-like animals, lobopodians, trilobites and non-trilobitic arthropods, hemichordates and probable earliest chordates. The site also discusses the fine preservation which offers the opportunity to learn more about the morphology of these early creatures. A list of all of the described species by Phylum is included.
Intended for grade levels:
  • High (9-12)
  • College (13-14)
  • College (15-16)
Type of resource:
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
Subject:
  • Biology
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Geologic time
    • Paleontology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright ISCS, 2002, 2003 Photographs Copyright 1997 by E. Landing, Copyright 1997 by G. Geyer
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-005-230
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 9-12:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Evidence, models, and explanation
      • C - Life science:
        • Biological evolution
      • G - History and nature of science:
        • Nature of scientific knowledge
        • Science as a human endeavor
Related resources:
This resource is referenced by 'Life in the Cambrian'
http://www.palaeontologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Stuff/casu8.htm
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy