Chengjiang biota

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fossil Lagerstätte

The Chengjiang biota is an exceptionally well-preserved Early Cambrian fossil assemblage from Yunnan, China, renowned for its diverse soft-bodied organisms that illuminate the early evolution of complex animal life.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chengjiang biota canonical 5
Chengjiang Fossil Site 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fossil Lagerstätte ⓘ
approximateAgeInMillionsOfYears 518 ⓘ
comparedTo Burgess Shale NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsFossilsOf Haikouichthys NERFINISHED ⓘ
Myllokunmingia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nectocaris-like forms ⓘ
Pikaia-like chordates ⓘ
Yunnanozoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
anomalocaridids ⓘ
arthropods ⓘ
brachiopods ⓘ
chordates ⓘ
cnidarians ⓘ
early deuterostomes ⓘ
early protostomes ⓘ
early vertebrate-like animals ⓘ
echinoderms ⓘ
fuxianhuiids ⓘ
lobopodians ⓘ
priapulids ⓘ
sponges ⓘ
trilobitomorphs ⓘ
vetulicolians ⓘ
country China ⓘ
discoveredBy Hou Xian-guang NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredIn 1984 ⓘ
geologicalAge Cambrian Series 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Early Cambrian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qiongzhusian Stage NERFINISHED ⓘ
lithology fine-grained mudstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
locatedIn Chengjiang County NERFINISHED ⓘ
China ⓘ
Maotianshan Shales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Burgess Shale-type preservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
diverse soft-bodied organisms ⓘ
early evolution of complex animal life ⓘ
partOf Chengjiang fossil site NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservationType exceptional preservation ⓘ
soft-tissue preservation ⓘ
providesEvidenceFor complex Cambrian ecosystems ⓘ
early evolution of vertebrates ⓘ
rapid diversification of metazoans ⓘ
recognizedAs key record of the Cambrian explosion ⓘ
researchField evolutionary biology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
taphonomy ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Natural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2012 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambrian biota → includesFossilSiteBiota → Chengjiang biota ⓘ
Sirius Passet fauna → comparableTo → Chengjiang biota ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in China → hasPart → Chengjiang biota ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chengjiang Fossil Site
Priapulida → notableFossilLocality → Chengjiang biota ⓘ
Sirius Passet → comparableTo → Chengjiang biota ⓘ
Emu Bay Shale → comparableTo → Chengjiang biota ⓘ