Question

What is preserved in Burgess Shale

a. fossilized soft bodied organisms form the cambrian
b. fossilized sharks
c. modern echinoderms
d. only fossilized shelled animals

Answer 1

The Burgess Shale of British Columbia is famous for its exceptional preservation of mid-Cambrian organisms. Around 40 other sites have been discovered of a similar age, with soft tissues preserved in a similar, though not identical, fashion.