A NEW GENUS OF EARLY CAMBRIAN CORAL IN ESMERALDA COUNTY, SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA

From: Journal of Paleontology | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

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Numerous Early Cambrian corals or "coralomorphs," as they are often classified, are recorded from North America, Australia, and Siberia. A new Early Cambrian coral, Harklessia yuenglingensis n. gen. and sp., is found in conjunction with archaeocyathan-microbial reefs in Esmeralda County, southwestern Nevada. The coral-bearing reefs are within quartzic, trilobite-rich packstone beds in the upper portion of the Harkless Formation (Bonnia-Olenellus Zone). Coralla are constructed by subpolygonal to polygonal, cerioid, close-packed corallite tubes. Coralla average 12 cm in height by 18 ...

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