Where: Nevada (37.3° N, 116.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.3° N, 140.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Olenellus trilobite zone, Echo Shale Member (Carrara Formation), Dyeran (515.3 - 509.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; green shale and limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149361: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.08.2013

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