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Carrara - Echo/Eagle Shale, Inyo County, California, USA

FormationCarrara
MemberEcho/Eagle Shale
Age:516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
IntervalDyeran
Lithologysandstone/"shale", "shale"/sandstone, siltstone/"shale", "shale", "shale"/siltstone, "limestone"/"shale"
Number of Collections15
Number of Occurrences74

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Arcuolenellus cf. megafrontalis zonuleInyo County, California, USACarrara - Echo/Eagle Shale

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Carrara - Echo/Eagle Shale and Gold Ace Limestone516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
shale/"limestone", dolomite/"shale"8
Carrara - Gold Ace Limestone516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
shale, dolomite/"shale", "shale"/"limestone", lime mudstone19
Carrara - Pyramid Shale513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
shale, "shale"/siltstone, "limestone", lime mudstone49
Zabriskie Quartzite - Emigrant Pass516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
sandstone/"shale"5

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Trilobita
class
3Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Bristolia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Bristolia516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Bristolia anteros
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Bristolia : Bristolia anteros516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Bristolia bristolensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Bristolia : Bristolia bristolensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Bristolia fragilis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Bristolia : Bristolia fragilis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Bristolia insolens
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Bristolia : Bristolia insolens516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Bristolia mohavensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Biceratopsidae : Bristolia : Bristolia mohavensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Arcuolenellus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Arcuolenellus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Mesonacis fremonti
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Mesonacis : Mesonacis fremonti516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Olenellus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Olenellus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Olenellus clarki
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Olenellus : Olenellus clarki516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Olenellus gilberti
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Olenellus : Olenellus gilberti516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Olenellus nevadensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Olenellus : Olenellus nevadensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Paedeumias transitans
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Paedeumias : Paedeumias transitans516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Peachella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Holmiidae : Peachella516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Peachella iddingsi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Holmiidae : Peachella : Peachella iddingsi516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

References

Fowler E. D. (1999) Biostratigraphy of upper Dyeran strata of the Carrara Formation, Emigrant Pass, Nopah Range, California, Laurentia 99: V field conference of the Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group, International Subcomission on Cambrian Stratigraphy, 46-50
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