Groom Range, Carrara Fm, Jangle Limeston Mbr. (USGS 3484-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: Albertella trilobite zone, Jangle Limestone Member (Carrara Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lime mudstone

• The lithologies of the Jangle Limestone Member include

•lime mudstones, trilobite- and echinodermfragment

•wackestones, packstones, and grainstones, oolite,

•fenestral-fabric and laminated limestones.

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 149572: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.08.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Albertelloides mischi
Albertelloides mischi Fritz 1968 trilobite