Where: Washington (48.3° N, 124.3° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 115.3° W)
When: Blakeley Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• A few manus pieces collected (C. clallamensis)
Collection methods: Robert Brown collected R. americana in 1868, specimen in British Museum: Cat. No. In. 23798; C. clallamensis specimens also in British Museum: Cat. Nos. In. 23789-In. 23797;
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 140050: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 28.02.2013
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Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Callianopsis clallamensis Withers 1924 decapod | |
"Ranina americana" = Alcespina americana
"Ranina americana" = Alcespina americana Withers 1924 crab |