Sandstone and shale sea cliffs along W. shore of Oak Bay (Eocene to of the United States)

Also known as 1 to 2 mi S of Portage Spit, between Port Townsend and Port Ludlow; RB40

Where: Jefferson County, Washington (48.0° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 111.3° W)

When: Quimper Formation, Priabonian to Priabonian (38.0 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

• Six specimens (P. vulgaris) comprising two carapaces and four pieces of cheliped; one specimen (M. alaskensis);

Collection methods: Stanford University (N. Pac. 128)

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139188: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 09.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Megokkos alaskensis Rathbun 1926 crab
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Pilodius vulgaris Glaessner 1928 stone crab