Marble Canyon Canada Fossils

The new fossils were spotted in a mountain cliff in marble canyon about 26 miles 42 kilometers southeast of the original burgess shale site.

Marble canyon canada fossils.

Marble canyon is a canyon surrounding tokumm creek just above its confluence with the vermilion river at the north end of kootenay national park in the canadian rockies of british columbia canada. Researchers hope to protect the exact location to. If you re driving along highway 93s and need to stretch your legs this is a great place to stop. The marble canyon fossil site home to more than a dozen new species was found by researchers in 2012 as they worked at the nearby stanley glacier.

South of marble canyon on highyway 93 is numa falls on the vermillion river. The fossil of a four eyed arthropod called leanchoilid from canada s marble canyon is also found in cambrian age rock in china. The new fossils were spotted in a mountain cliff in marble canyon about 26 miles 42 kilometers southeast of the original burgess shale site. Robert gaines a marrella splendens.

There was a 1 5 km looped trail leading alongside the canyon and over a series of foot bridges with some inclines on the way up but still an easy trail. From marble canyon visitors are only a short drive from spectacular hiking trails in kootenay including the burgess shale fossils guided hike to stanley glacier floe lake and ball pass. Marble canyon is a beautiful place to visit in kootenay. We re already planning to make a return visit once parks canada starts offering a guided hike to the marble canyon burgess shale fossil site note we have no idea when this will happen as a new trail has to be constructed to access the recently discovered site.

Researchers have said the area and its fossils are furthering the understanding of animal life during the cambrian period when most major groups of animals appear on the fossil record. Tokumm creek joins vermillion river through a magnificent gorge or box canyon so narrow that at several places the. Information panel about the geology of the area for visitors to the. Researchers hope to protect the exact location to.

I stopped here on september 24 2020. While our fossil site is of approximately of the same age as the rocks at marble canyon the fossils are from siliclastic shales a different type of rock. Amazing marble canyon fossil site a new fossil site considered equal in importance to the famed burgess shale of b c s yoho national park has been discovered in nearby kootenay national park.