The Brandon Bridge Formation is a Silurian dolomite formation exposed in a quarry near Waukesha, Wisconsin, roughly four hundred and thirty five million years old, preserving the Waukesha Biota, an unusual assemblage of soft bodied marine animals, including rare early arthropods, fossilized in a reef associated lagoon setting rarely preserved elsewhere in rocks of this age. The quarry's fossils have offered a rare window onto soft bodied marine life in the middle of the Paleozoic era.
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Associated With: Silurian, Lead paragraph
It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period, including those of graptolites, conodonts and Parioscorpio.
Associated With: Silurian, Lead, age Silurian
It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period, including those of graptolites, conodonts and Parioscorpio.
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The Brandon Bridge Formation is a geologic formation in Wisconsin
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