Groom Range, Carrara Fm, Desert Range Limestone Mbr. (USGS 3693-CO): Delamaran, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Glossopleura ? walcotti Poulsen 1927
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada
Coordinates: 37.5° North, 115.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.3° South, 94.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cambrian
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 3
Key time interval: Delamaran Trilobite zone:  Glossopleura
Age range of interval: 511 - 506.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Carrara Member:Desert Range Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: This member includes thin beds rich in the disarticulated remains of species of Glossopleura at many localities.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,black "limestone"
Secondary lithology:dolomitic,red or brown "limestone"
Lithology description: The Desert Range Limestone Member is typically a thinbedded black argillaceous limestone with orange dolomitic partings.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:149575
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2013-08-10 02:03:06 Last modified:2022-08-02 16:22:16
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-11-10 02:03:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47804. 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]