Also known as ...beyond the first point east of East Twin River
Where: Washington (48.2° N, 123.9° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 52.9° N, 108.6° W (Wright 2013)
When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
• female, holotype, dorsal carapace as well as ventral view showing cheliped, sternum, and abdomen (M. teglandi);
Collected by Nellie M. Tegland in 1926
• Holotype in University of California (M. teglandi);
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 140568: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Macrocheira teglandi Rathbun 1926 spider crab |