The Paleontology of North America

The Cambrian in Tennessee, US

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undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:

Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Cambrian Fossils

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Paleontology and geology

Small areas of Cambrian rocks are exposed in the Valley and Ridge Province of eastern Tennessee. Shallow marine environments covered much of the state during this time. Thick layers of limy sediment built up on the sea floor. Stromatolites, trilobites, and other marine organisms thrived in the warm waters.

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