Clallam Bay, south shore of Strait of Juan de Fuca (Oligocene of the United States)

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

• "in a matrix of greenish grey sandstone" for R. americana

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
 Decapoda - Callianopsidae
Callianopsis clallamensis Withers 1924 decapod
 Decapoda - Raninidae
"Ranina americana" = Alcespina americana
"Ranina americana" = Alcespina americana Withers 1924 crab