Chemainus (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.9° N, 123.7° W: paleocoordinates 54.3° N, 85.7° W)

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When: Haslam Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, J. Fam, W. A. Hessin, S. W. Hetrick, T. G. Nyborg, and R. L. M. Ross. 2003. Cretaceous and Eocene Decapod Crustaceans from Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada. In P.B. Cavers (ed.), NRC Research Press 1-66 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 207373: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Archaeopus rostratus n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2003 crab