Ocean Ranch, SDMNH 4572: Uintan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Ctenochelidae
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callichiridae
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Carcinidae
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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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,coarse,gray,yellow sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: coarse-grained, fossiliferous, yellowish-gray, bioturbated, massive sandstone | |
| 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 4572 | ||
| Database number: | 200666 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-04-12 13:59:45 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-04-12 13:59:45 |
| 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] |