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2019-04-15 09:30:45 Xinhua Editor :Li Yan

$A student from the Department of Geology carries out research on a fossil from the Qingjiang biota in Northwest University in Xi\'an, capital of northwest China\'s Shaanxi Province, April 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)$

A student from the Department of Geology carries out research on a fossil from the Qingjiang biota in Northwest University in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

Undated file photo shows a fossil of branched alga from the Qingjiang biota. (Xinhua/Northwest University)

Undated file photo shows a fossil of new species from the Qingjiang biota. (Xinhua/Northwest University)

Undated file photo shows a fossil of jellyfish from the Qingjiang biota. (Xinhua/Northwest University)

Undated file photo shows a fossil of Leanchoilia arthropod from the Qingjiang biota. (Xinhua/Northwest University)

$A student from the Department of Geology carries out research on a fossil from the Qingjiang biota in Northwest University in Xi\'an, capital of northwest China\'s Shaanxi Province, April 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)$

A student from the Department of Geology carries out research on a fossil from the Qingjiang biota in Northwest University in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

$Photo taken on April 8, 2019 shows numbered fossils from the Qingjiang biota in Northwest University in Xi\'an, capital of northwest China\'s Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)$

Photo taken on April 8, 2019 shows numbered fossils from the Qingjiang biota in Northwest University in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

$A student from the Department of Geology observes a fossil from the Qingjiang biota through a microscope in Northwest University in Xi\'an, capital of northwest China\'s Shaanxi Province, April 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)$

A student from the Department of Geology observes a fossil from the Qingjiang biota through a microscope in Northwest University in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

$A student from the Department of Geology arranges fossils from the Qingjiang biota in Northwest University in Xi\'an, capital of northwest China\'s Shaanxi Province, April 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)$

A student from the Department of Geology arranges fossils from the Qingjiang biota in Northwest University in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)