Other resources and web sites

Books

• Wonderful Life by  Stephen Jay Gould (Ref 1 for Review)
  The first popular book about the Burgess Shale which contains excellent pictures and easy to read style although it becomes somewhat philosophical in places.
• the Crucible of Creation by  Simon Conway Morris (Ref 2 for Review)
  A different view of the Burgess Shale fossils which concentrates more on the creatures themselves along with hypothesis on the evolution of the creatures and the evidence behind those ideas.

DVD and animation

• Walking with Monsters
  All three of the documentary episode are extremely good but in particular interest is the first episode "Water Dwellers" which presents high quality computer generated reconstructions of the Cambrian era oceans.
• Animation by phleschbubble.com
  Excellent short animation showing Wiwaxia, Pikaia and other Cambrian sea creatures.

Web pages

• The Smithsonian Institution
• Wikipedia
• Natural Sciences
• University of California Museum of Paleontology
• Palaeos
• Glenn R. Morton: "Transitional Forms and the Evolution of Phyla" and "Phylum Level Evolution"
  
• Eagle Ford Texas
  This is not an academic site, but it links to many other interesting Burgess Shale sites.