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Monday, 13 October 2014

Maotianshan Shales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maotianshan_Shales

The Maotianshan Shales are a series of lower Cambrian deposits in the Chiungchussu formation,famous for theirKonservat Lagerstätten, deposits known for the exceptional preservation of fossilized organisms or traces. The Maotianshan shales form one of some forty Cambrian fossil locations worldwide exhibiting exquisite preservation of rarely preserved, non-mineralized soft tissue, comparable to the fossils of the Burgess Shale. They take their name from Maotianshan Hill (ChinesepinyinMàotiānshān) in Chengjiang CountyYunnan Province, China.

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