Carrara Formation Explained

Carrara Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Cambrian
Period:	Cambrian
Region:	California and Nevada
Country:	United States
Overlies:	Zabriskie Quartzite

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

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
• Paleontology in Nevada

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

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.