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The 50 pages that link to Burgess Shale, each with the reason it gives.

• ArthropodRelated: Its fossils preserve early arthropods and reveal forms absent from later ecosystems.

• ExoskeletonRelated: Its fossils help compare early animals with and without mineralized external skeletons.

• ConodontRelated: Burgess Shale fossils helped establish that conodonts were vertebrate animals.

• Vertebrate paleontologyRelated: Its rare soft-tissue preservation offers a contrast to the mainly skeletal record of vertebrates.

• AnomalocarisRelated: Many Anomalocaris fossils come from this deposit, where delicate body parts were preserved.

• ArthropodaRelated: Its fossils reveal early arthropod diversity and unusual extinct forms.

• Charles Doolittle WalcottRelated: Walcott discovered its fossils in 1909 and spent years collecting and describing them.

• Arthropod phylogenyRelated: Its exceptional preservation reveals anatomical combinations relevant to early arthropod relationships.

• Early vertebrateRelated: Its fossils provide comparative evidence for early chordates and vertebrate relatives.

• OpabiniaRelated: Its fossils provide the principal evidence for Opabinia’s anatomy.

• HallucigeniaRelated: Its exceptionally preserved fossils include the best-known Hallucigenia specimens.

• MammalogyRelated: Its fossils provide context for studying the deeper origins of mammalian lineages.

• Royal Ontario MuseumRelated: The museum conducts research on Burgess Shale fossils and presents them in its galleries.

• Royal Tyrrell Museum of PalaeontologyRelated: The museum interprets exceptional fossil preservation beyond Alberta’s dinosaur record.

• CanadaspisRelated: Many influential Canadaspis fossils come from this deposit's exceptional preservation.

• HalkieriidRelated: Related Cambrian faunas provide comparisons for halkieriid diversity and preservation.

• LeanchoiliaRelated: It preserves some of the best-known Leanchoilia fossils.

• OttoiaRelated: Its fossils provide the best-known record of Ottoia.

• DinocarididaRelated: Its fossils preserve many of the group’s best-known anatomical details.

• Evolution of molluscsRelated: Its exceptional fossils preserve animals relevant to reconstructing early molluscan diversity.

• TamisiocarididaeRelated: Its fossils help document the diversity of Cambrian radiodonts and their ecological roles.

• VetulicoliaRelated: Its fossils include several important vetulicolian specimens.