Chengjiang Fossil site

China’s Chengjiang Fossil site has been approved to join the World Heritage List at the 36th World Heritage Conference held in St. Petersburg, Russia on July 2.

This is China’s first fossil site to be included. So far, 43 Chinese sites have been recorded on the list. Discovered in 1984, the site contains the remains of 200 species of marine creatures up to 530 million years old.

That makes it one of the most striking discoveries of ancient life in the 20th century. The fossil site is considered to be the best window to date into the marine life and ecological systems of the Cambrian period.
 

Archaeologist clean a trilobite fossil

Archaeologist clean a trilobite fossil at Chengjiang animal fossile museum in Chengjiang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 1, 2012. The Chengjiang Fossil of China was included into the World Heritage List at the 36th World Heritage Conference held in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sunday.
考古学家kǎogǔ xuéjiā:archaeologist
化石huà shí：fossil
三叶虫sānyè chóng：trilobite 

A scientist observes a fossil

A scientist observes a fossil at Chengjiang animal fossile museum in Chengjiang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 1, 2012. The Chengjiang Fossil of China was included into the World Heritage List at the 36th World Heritage Conference held in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sunday.
博物馆bó wù guǎn：museum
科学家kē xué jiā：scientist

the exhibition hall of Chengjiang animal fossile museum

Photo taken on July 1, 2012 shows the exhibition hall of Chengjiang animal fossile museum in Chengjiang Countpy, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Chengjiang Fossil of China was included into the World Heritage List at the 36th World Heritage Conference held in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sunday.
世界遗产委员会shìjiè yíchǎn wěiyuán huì：World Heritage Conference