Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.3° N, 124.3° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 115.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pysht Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 1999. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the late Oligocene to early Miocene Pysht Formation and late Oligocene Quimper Sandstone, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Annals of Carnegie Museum 68(4):215-273 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 221307: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.07.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Mursia marcusana Rathbun 1926 box crab |