Pulali Point, Aldwell Formation (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Jefferson County, Washington (47.7° N, 122.9° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 107.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Aldwell Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)
• Narizian
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate and sandy siltstone
• boulder conglomerate, sandy siltstone, and siltstone with gradational contacts between each (Squires et al., 1992). The boulder conglomerate, located at the base of the section, contains crab fossils in siltstone concretions occurring with a pre- dominance of basalt boulders (Squires et al., 1992). The concretions were considered by Squires et al. (1992) to have been reworked. Decapods were also recovered from the silty sandstone facies and were contained within reworked, well-indurated siltstone concretions (Squires et al., 1992)
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. B. Tucker and R. E. Berglund. 2000. Eocene decapod crustaceans from Pulali Point, Washington. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 69(1):23-67 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 202157: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.06.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca | |
Macroacaena alseanus Rathbun 1932 crab | |
Raninoides fulgidus Rathbun 1926 crab
Laeviranina goedertorum Tucker 1998 crab
"Laeviranina vaderensis" = Raninoides vaderensis Rathbun 1926 crab | |
Palaeopinnixa rathbunae Schweitzer et al. 2000 crab | |
"Branchioplax washingtoniana" = Branchioplax washingtoniana, "Neopilumnoplax hannibalanus" = Branchioplax washingtoniana
"Branchioplax washingtoniana" = Branchioplax washingtoniana Rathbun 1916 crab
"Neopilumnoplax hannibalanus" = Branchioplax washingtoniana Rathbun 1916 crab | |
Portunites macrospinus n. sp.
Portunites macrospinus n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2000 crab | |
Carpilius occidentalis n. sp.
Carpilius occidentalis n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2000 crab | |
Pulalius vulgaris n. gen., Pulalius dunhamorum n. sp.
Pulalius vulgaris n. gen. Rathbun 1926 crab
Pulalius dunhamorum n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2000 crab |