Discovered close to the Burgess Shale. Steven Jay Gould would have been very excited.
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"A new fossil site discovered in Kootenay National Park may be one of the world’s most important, according to researchers.
A century after the discovery of Yoho National Park’s 505 million-year-old Burgess Shale, officials say a new fossil site has been located just 42 kilometres away.
The new Marble Canyon fossil bed was found by an expedition team from the Royal Ontario Museum who made the trek to the Canadian Rockies.
It was actually a hunch that led the expedition team to the area of Marble Canyon, where they discovered a startling variety of fossils.
They pinpointed the source of the fossils to higher up on the mountain slopes and began to excavate the fossils layer-by-layer.
In a little over two weeks, the researchers collected thousands of specimens representing more than 50 animal species, several of which were new to science.
Researchers say it could turn out to be one of the most important discoveries of this generation."
http://ift.tt/1kySic7
"A new fossil site discovered in Kootenay National Park may be one of the world’s most important, according to researchers.
A century after the discovery of Yoho National Park’s 505 million-year-old Burgess Shale, officials say a new fossil site has been located just 42 kilometres away.
The new Marble Canyon fossil bed was found by an expedition team from the Royal Ontario Museum who made the trek to the Canadian Rockies.
It was actually a hunch that led the expedition team to the area of Marble Canyon, where they discovered a startling variety of fossils.
They pinpointed the source of the fossils to higher up on the mountain slopes and began to excavate the fossils layer-by-layer.
In a little over two weeks, the researchers collected thousands of specimens representing more than 50 animal species, several of which were new to science.
Researchers say it could turn out to be one of the most important discoveries of this generation."
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