Also known as "the Big Bend"
Where: Washington (46.4° N, 122.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 110.6° W)
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
• One male, body only, in which the outer shell of the dorsal surface of the carapace is well preserved except in the anterior and antero-lateral portions.
Collected by E.E. and R.B. Stewart in September, 1922
• University of California
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 139021: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 07.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Branchioplax washingtoniana Rathbun 1916 crab |