Geological unit located in eastern California and Nevada
Poleta Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian Series 2 ~519–518 Ma
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Underlies
Harkless Formation[1]
Overlies
Campito Formation[2]
Lithology
Primary
Fine siliciclastics
Location
Location
Western Nevada and Eastern California, USA
Part of a series on
The Cambrian explosion
Fossil localities
Burgess Shale
Chengjiang
Sirius Passet
Doushantuo
Key organisms
Ediacaran biota
Dickinsonia
Kimberella
Kimberichnus
Vernanimalcula
Burgess-type
Marrella
Radiodonts
Halwaxiids
Opabinia
Odontogriphus
Small shelly fauna
Helcionellids
Evolutionary concepts
Trends
Cambrian substrate revolution
Themes
Cladistics
Convergent evolution
Stem and crown groups
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The Poleta Formation is a geological unit known for the exceptional fossil preservation in the Indian Springs Lagerstätte, located in eastern California and Nevada.[3]
^Edwin H. McKee (1968). "Geology of the Magruder Mountain area, Nevada-California" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin: H10. doi:10.3133/B1251H. ISSN 8755-531X. Wikidata Q57805921.
^Edwin H. McKee (1968). "Geology of the Magruder Mountain area, Nevada-California" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin: H7. doi:10.3133/B1251H. ISSN 8755-531X. Wikidata Q57805921.
^English, Adam M.; Babcock, Loren E. (2010). "Census of the Indian Springs Lagerstätte, Poleta Formation (Cambrian), western Nevada, USA". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 295 (1–2): 236. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.041.
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W.H. (2002). "Outer shelf to slope deposits of the Lower Cambrian PoletaFormation, western Great Basin, Nevada". Geological Society of America Abstracts...
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gilberti. This fossil measured 3.3 cm, and comes from the Cambrian formation of Poleta, California. Durham, J. W.; Caster, K. E. (17 May 1963). "Helicoplacoidea:...
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