Rocks of Cambrian age are distributed in the Great Basin of the
western United States, parts of the northeastern United States, Wales,
Scandinavia and the Baltic region, Siberia, and China, among other
places. These localities were not where they are now: the position of the
continents was very different. It may seem strange to imagine California
on the equator, or Venezuela near the South Pole, but that's how things were!
Check out this map to learn more!
Cambrian localities on this server: (see map above)
Information about Cambrian localities from other websites:
- Aldan River -
Lower Cambrian fauna from this site in Yakutia, Siberia, trace the early
evolution of animals with skeletons.
- Burgess Shale - One of the
greatest fossil finds ever made is the Burgess fauna of British Columbia.
Thousands of soft-bodied animal fossils paint us a picture of early marine life.
- House Range, Utah -
A varied array of Cambrian critters has been found in the Wheeler Shale and the Marjum Formation, both of which are exposed in the House Range.
- Marble Mountains -
In the hottest part of the Mojave Desert of California is the rich Latham Shale where Olenellid trilobites are numerous.
- White-Inyo Mountains -
You can visit ancient reefs in the mountains of eastern California.