RB83 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Oregon (44.7° N, 124.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 118.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Astoria Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2001. Differentiation of the fossil Hexapodidae Miers, 1886 (Decapoda: Brachyura) from similar forms. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):330-345 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 202317: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia yaquinensis Rathbun 1926 box crab
 Decapoda - Varunidae
Globihexapus paxillus n. gen. n. sp.
Globihexapus paxillus n. gen. n. sp. Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 crab