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Carrara Formation

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

See also

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