Groom Range, Carrara Fm, Desert Range Limestone Mbr. (USGS 3693-CO) (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Nevada (37.5° N, 115.7° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° S, 94.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Glossopleura trilobite zone, Desert Range Limestone Member (Carrara Formation), Delamaran (513.0 - 505.0 Ma)

• This member includes thin beds rich in the disarticulated remains of species of Glossopleura at many localities.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; black limestone and dolomitic limestone

• The Desert Range Limestone Member is typically a thinbedded

•black argillaceous limestone with orange

•dolomitic partings.

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 149575: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.08.2013

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Glossopleura ? walcotti Poulsen 1927 trilobite