Chengjiang biota

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chengjiang Fossil Site 8
Chengjiang fossil site 8
Chengjiang biota canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fossil Lagerstätte ⓘ
approximateAgeInMillionsOfYears 518 ⓘ
comparedTo Burgess Shale ⓘ
containsFossilsOf Haikouichthys ⓘ
Myllokunmingia ⓘ
Nectocaris-like forms ⓘ
Pikaia-like chordates ⓘ
Yunnanozoon ⓘ
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 ⓘ
discoveredIn 1984 ⓘ
geologicalAge Cambrian Series 2 ⓘ
Early Cambrian ⓘ
linked to: Cambrian Period

Qiongzhusian Stage ⓘ
lithology fine-grained mudstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
locatedIn Chengjiang County ⓘ
China ⓘ
Maotianshan Shales ⓘ
linked to: Emu Bay Shale

Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province
notableFor Burgess Shale-type preservation ⓘ
diverse soft-bodied organisms ⓘ
early evolution of complex animal life ⓘ
partOf Chengjiang fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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 Fossil Site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Priapulida → notableFossilLocality → Chengjiang biota ⓘ
Sirius Passet → comparableTo → Chengjiang biota ⓘ
Emu Bay Shale → comparableTo → Chengjiang biota ⓘ
Fuxian Lake → near → Chengjiang Fossil Site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → knownFor → Chengjiang fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasNearbyLocality → Chengjiang fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby → Chengjiang fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → locatedNear → Chengjiang fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasPaleontologicalSignificanceNearby → Chengjiang fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasGeologicalHeritageNearby → Chengjiang fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasTourismAttractionNearby → Chengjiang fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasNearbyUNESCOSite → Chengjiang Fossil Site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasNearbyCambrianFossilLagerstätte → Chengjiang Fossil Site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasScientificImportanceNearby → Chengjiang Fossil Site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasNearbyWorldHeritageProperty → Chengjiang Fossil Site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasNearbyPaleontologicalSite → Chengjiang Fossil Site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Chengjiang County → hasNearbyTouristDestination → Chengjiang Fossil Site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Anomalocaris → fossilsFoundIn → Chengjiang biota, China ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Wiwaxia → fossilSite → Chengjiang biota ⓘ
Chengjiang biota → partOf → Chengjiang fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Chengjiang biota
Vetulicolia → fossilSites → Chengjiang biota ⓘ