Ocean Ranch, SDMNH 4572 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as SDMNH 4572

Where: San Diego County, California (33.2° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 104.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: B Member (Santiago Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

• early Uintan

Environment/lithology: marine; massive, coarse-grained, gray, yellow sandstone

• coarse-grained, fossiliferous, yellowish-gray, bioturbated, massive sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2002. New Eocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22:938-967 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200666: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.04.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Neocallichirus rhinos n. sp.
Neocallichirus rhinos n. sp. Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 decapod
 Decapoda - Ctenochelidae
Ctenocheles secretanae
Ctenocheles secretanae Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 decapod
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Minohellenus inexpressus n. sp.
Minohellenus inexpressus n. sp. Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 crab