Also known as in bottom of Rose Creek where the creek makes a strong bend to the west; just west of the Brick Plant. On the La Jolla topographic sheet, 0.2 mi S of B.M. 176.
Where: California (32.8° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 104.0° W)
When: Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• One small specimen and impression
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Marcus A. Hanna and Georges Vorbe
Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1926. The Fossil Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of the Pacific Slope of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin 138:1-155 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139007: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 07.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Orbitoplax weaveri Rathbun 1926 crab |