Complex sentence: Conservation "Lagerstätten" are crucial in providing answers to important moments in the history and evolution of life, for example the Burgess Shale of British Columbia is associated with the Cambrian explosion, and the Solnhofen limestone with the earliest known bird, "Archaeopteryx".
Split into simpler sentences: Conservation "Lagerstätten" are crucial in providing answers to important moments in the history and evolution of life. For example, the Burgess Shale of British Columbia is associated with the Cambrian explosion, and the Solnhofen limestone with the earliest known bird, "Archaeopteryx".