A paleotropical carbonate-dominated archive of carboniferous icehouse dynamics, Bird Spring Fm., Southern Great Basin, USA

► Across-platform sequence stratigraphic analysis of carbonate Bird Spring Fm. ► Relative sea-level history for latest Mississippian-latest Pennsylvanian. ► Confirms glacial minimum during late Pennsylvanian. ► Late Paleozoic icehouse most likely characterized by discrete, short-lived ice ages. ► Confirms a dynamic glaciation history during the late Paleozoic.