Marly tuffs along bluffs at old log dam along Porter Creek (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Washington (46.9° N, 123.3° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 112.5° W)

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• "associated with lowest fauna of Lincoln horizon, as defined by Dr. C. E. Weaver"

Environment/lithology: marine; tuff and marl

• "Marly tuffs along bluffs at old log dam along Porter Creek"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: One specimen, and two fingers, Stanford University (N. Pac. 51)

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 139453: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 12.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Pilodius vulgaris
Pilodius vulgaris Glaessner 1928 stone crab