Station L487, island of Oneata (Miocene of Fiji)

Where: Fiji (18.4° S, 178.5° W: paleocoordinates 25.6° S, 179.5° W)

When: Futuna Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1945. Decapod Crustacea. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin 181 373-383 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136573: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 30.11.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Oziidae
Menippe oceanica Rathbun 1945 crab
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Medaeus mbalavuensis Rathbun 1945 stone crab