Earth:Harkless Formation

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Harkless Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
TypeFormation
Location
RegionNevada and California
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forHarkless Flat

The Harkless Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada and California. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

It is named from exposures on a divide south of Harkless Flat in the southern half of the Waucoba Mountain 15-min quadrangle in the Inyo Mountains of central eastern California.[1]

See also

  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
  • Paleontology in Nevada

References

  1. "Geologic Unit: Harkless". National Geologic Map Database. U.S. Geological Survey. https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/Units/Harkless_15243.html.