Archaeocyathids

Lower Cambrian Harkless Formation

Esmeralda County, Nevada

Natural cross-sections of archaeocyathids (extinct calcareous sponge) in a carbonate biohermal accumulation from a stratigraphic section lowest (oldest portions) in the lower Cambrian Harkless Formation, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Photograph courtesy Elizabeth Miller.

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