San Pedro (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Where: California (33.7° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 118.0° W)

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

• H. oregonensis (2 movable, 2 immovable fingers); L. diegensis (4 movable fingers); L. leucomanus (4 movable fingers); C. productus (2 movable fingers); R. branneri (2 movable and 1 immovable finger); R. jordani (1 movable finger); R. pleistocenica (4 arms);

Collected by Kate Stephens; reposited in the USNM

• One dactyl of left cheliped (Cat. No. 353355); H. oregonensis, 2 movable, 2 immovable fingers (Cat. No. 353378); L. diegensis, 4 moveable fingers; R. branneri, 2 movable and 1 immovable finger (Cat. No. 353381);

Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1926. The fossil stalk-eyed Crustacea of the Pacific slope of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin 138:1-155 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138724: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 26.01.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus Agassiz 1863 sea urchin
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Varunidae
 Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Randallia pleistocenica Rathbun 1926 crab
 Decapoda - Epialtidae
Pugettia richii Dana 1851 spider crab
 Decapoda - Cancridae
Cancer productus Randall 1839 crab
Romaleon jordani Rathbun 1900 crab
Romaleon branneri Rathbun 1926 crab
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
Lophopanopeus diegensis Rathbun 1900 crab
Lophopanopeus leucomanus Lockington 1876 crab