Chengjiang Fossil Site

Chengjiang’s Cambrian fossils preserve traces of marine life more than 500 million years old. Their significance comes through specimens, rock layers and the work of interpreting early animals.

Chengjiang Fossil Site

The Sea Preserved in Chengjiang’s Stone

Soft-bodied fossils make an early marine community visible in unusual detail, far beyond the familiar outline of a shell.

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