Sandy shale sea cliffs at mouth of Five Mile Creek, Carmanah Point, Vancouver Is (Oligocene of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.6° N, 124.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 115.0° W)

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Harold Hannibal

• 3 specimens, Stanford University (N. Pac. 138)

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 139175: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 09.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Pilodius vulgaris Glaessner 1928 stone crab