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China's Chengjiang Fossil included into World Heritage List

The Chengjiang Fossil Site was among 36 sites being considered for the list by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee during its meeting from June 24 to July 6 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The natural area in Yuxi, Yunnan province, has become the second site in China to be included on the protected list in three days, according to a statement released on Sunday by the city of Yuxi.
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The Maotianshan Shales are a series of lower Cambrian deposits in the Chiungchussu formation, famous for their Konservat Lagerstätten, or high number of fossils preserved in place. The Maotianshan shales form one of some forty Cambrian fossil locations worldwide exhibiting exquisite preservation of rarely preserved, non-mineralised soft tissue, comparable to the fossils of the Burgess Shale. They take their name from Maotianshan Hill in Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province, China.
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