Carrara Formation

Carrara Formation
Carrara Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
	Fossils from the Pyramid Shale member, Carrara Formation
Type	Formation
Overlies	Zabriskie Quartzite
Location
Region	California and Nevada
Country	United States

Last updated June 30, 2025

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

References

↑ 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
↑ 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

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[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

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Carrara Formation

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