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Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"

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Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
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Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 11, 2014 at 4:17 pm
http://www.livescience.com/43270-new-bur...anada.html

Quote:A treasure trove of fossils chiseled out of a canyon in Canada's Kootenay National Park rivals the famous Burgess Shale, the best record of early life on Earth, scientists say.

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The new site is also in the Burgess Shale formation, and seems to rival the 1909 original in fossil diversity and preservation, researchers report today (Feb. 11) in the journal Nature Communications. In just two weeks, the research team collected more than 3,000 fossils representing 55 species. Fifteen of these species are new to science.

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RE: Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 11, 2014 at 4:34 pm
I started reading that but got distracted by the link to transparent bikinis.



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RE: Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 11, 2014 at 4:42 pm



Woot! Yay science!
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RE: Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 11, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Amazing. Can't wait to hear more of the findings. It seems there's a whole bunch of new species. Soft body parts on creatures that died over 500 million years ago - it just boggles the mind.
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RE: Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 11, 2014 at 4:59 pm
This is why science is so damned fascinating: always something new.

I wonder if they'll find Adam and Eve's fossils this time . . .?

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RE: Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 11, 2014 at 5:00 pm
That's cool as shit. I love reading this stuff. Only one problem--every time they find a new "transitional" fossil, there are now two gaps in the fossil record where there was only one...
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RE: Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 11, 2014 at 5:02 pm
(February 11, 2014 at 4:34 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I started reading that but got distracted by the link to transparent bikinis.

I don't see the point of transparent bikinis. I'f you're going to do that you may as well go naked. It's more comfortable, too.

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RE: Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 11, 2014 at 5:03 pm
(February 11, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: In just two weeks, the research team collected more than 3,000 fossils representing 55 species. Fifteen of these species are new to science.

Luckily without even looking at them we know that none will be transistional fossils, so we can all keep our faith in Creation science.
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RE: Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 12, 2014 at 12:14 am
(February 11, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: http://www.livescience.com/43270-new-bur...anada.html

Quote:A treasure trove of fossils chiseled out of a canyon in Canada's Kootenay National Park rivals the famous Burgess Shale, the best record of early life on Earth, scientists say.

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The new site is also in the Burgess Shale formation, and seems to rival the 1909 original in fossil diversity and preservation, researchers report today (Feb. 11) in the journal Nature Communications. In just two weeks, the research team collected more than 3,000 fossils representing 55 species. Fifteen of these species are new to science.

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I look skeptically at a story that still claims Burgess Shale formations to be the best record of Cambrian life.
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RE: Immense Cambrian fossil bed discovered "rivals the famous Burgess Shale"
February 12, 2014 at 10:25 am
(February 12, 2014 at 12:14 am)Chuck Wrote: I look skeptically at a story that still claims Burgess Shale formations to be the best record of Cambrian life.

Why? Prior to this find the big Cambrian fossil sites I was aware of are the Aldan River, Burgess Shale, House Range, Utah, Marble Mountains, and White-Inyo Mountains finds. Of these 5 sites the Burgess shale appears to be the one with both the most diverse complex species and covers the longest timescale at about 25 million years. Are there other know Cambrian fossil sites you consider better than the Burgess Shale?
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