Ocean Ranch: Uintan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callichiridae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Malacostraca - Stomatopoda
Unipeltata indet. Latreille 1825
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Diego
Coordinates: 33.2° North, 117.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.2° North, 96.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval: Uintan
Age range of interval: 46.2 - 39.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santiago Member:B
Stratigraphy comments: early Uintan
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive,bioturbation,gray,yellow siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: yellow-gray, massive, bioturbated siltstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:SDMNH 4573
Database number:200665
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-04-12 13:57:43 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-04-12 13:57:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
16654.decapod 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]