Pulali Point, Aldwell Formation: Middle Eocene, Washington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Macroacaena alseanus (Rathbun 1932)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Raninoides fulgidus Rathbun 1926
Laeviranina goedertorum Tucker 1998
Laeviranina vaderensis (Rathbun 1926)
original and current combination Raninoides vaderensis
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae
Palaeopinnixa rathbunae Schweitzer et al. 2000
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Branchioplax washingtoniana Rathbun 1916
Neopilumnoplax hannibalanus (Rathbun 1926)
synonym of Branchioplax washingtoniana
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macropipidae
Portunites macrospinus n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2000
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Carpilius occidentalis n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2000
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Pulalius n. gen. vulgaris (Rathbun 1926)
original and current combination Zanthopsis vulgaris
Pulalius dunhamorum n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Washington County:Jefferson
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 122.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.4° North, 107.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aldwell
Stratigraphy comments: Narizian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology: sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 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)
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
Database number:202157
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-06-27 18:18:31 Last modified:2019-06-27 18:18:31
Access level:the public Released:2019-06-27 18:18:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61717. 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]