Carrara Formation

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Carrara Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
Olenellus terminatus Pyramid Shale Carrara Formation.jpg
Fossils from the Pyramid Shale member, Carrara Formation
Type Formation
Overlies Zabriskie Quartzite
Location
Region Nevada
Country United States

The Carrara Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Palmer and Halley 1979, Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian)in the Southern Great Basin. USGS Prof. Pap. 1047
  2. Lieberman et al. 2017, Disc-shaped fossils resembling porpitids or eldonids from the early Cambrian (Series 2: Stage 4) of western USA. PeerJ 5:e3312