Bluff on Washita River at Frisco R.R. bridge, left bank (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as 2 1/2 mi E of Platter

Where: Bryan County, Oklahoma (34.0° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 58.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Marietta Formation (Denison Group), Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.5 Ma)

• "Marietta formation of Denison group of Comanche series"

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

• two specimens (L. vancouverensis); one specimen (C. oklahomensis);

Collected by L.W. Stephenson, (602) in 12, 1917; reposited in the USNM

• USNM, Cat. No. 73706 (L. vancouverensis); one specimen, holotype, Cat. No. 73713 (C. oklahomensis);

Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142106: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 05.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Linuparus vancouverensis Whiteaves 1895 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae