The Chisholm Formation is a
geologic formation in
Utah. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Cambrian
The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized C with bar, Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million ...
period.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Utah
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Paleontology in Utah
References
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Cambrian geology of Utah
Cambrian southern paleotropical deposits
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