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单词 Burgess Shale
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Burgess Shale

a stratum of sedimentary rock exposed in the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. The bed, dated to the Cambrian period (about 540 million years ago), is rich in well-preserved fossils of early marine invertebrates, many of which represent evolutionary lineages unknown in later times.
伯吉斯页岩(加拿大英属哥伦比亚洛矶山脉的水成岩地层, 形成于寒武纪时期[约5.4亿年前], 富含保存良好的早期海底无脊椎动物化石, 其中许多为后来没有的进化链)。
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named after the Burgess Pass, British Colombia, where the shale outcrops.
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