Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.7° N, 125.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 54.8° N, 85.6° W (Wright 2013)
When: Nanaimo Group, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• Specimens include: dorsal view of carapace with some ambulatory legs, inner surface of thorax, with mandibles and ambulatory legs, also bases of antennules and upper surface of abdominal segments, (L. vancouverensis);
Collection methods: Museum of the Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, types.
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 140566: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Linuparus vancouverensis Whiteaves 1895 spiny lobster |