Carrara Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Nevada, United States}}

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| name = Carrara Formation

| image = Olenellus terminatus Pyramid Shale Carrara Formation.jpg

| caption = Fossils from the Pyramid Shale member, Carrara Formation

| type = Formation

| age = Cambrian

| period = Cambrian

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| region = California and Nevada

| country = United States

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The Carrara Formation is a geologic formation in California and Nevada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.Palmer and Halley 1979, Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian)in the Southern Great Basin. USGS Prof. Pap. 1047Lieberman et al. 2017, Disc-shaped fossils resembling porpitids or eldonids from the early Cambrian (Series 2: Stage 4) of western USA. PeerJ 5:e3312