Also known as 1 to 2 mi S of Portage Spit, between Port Townsend and Port Ludlow; RB40
Where: Jefferson County, Washington (48.0° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 111.3° W)
When: Quimper Formation, Priabonian to Priabonian (38.0 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• Six specimens (P. vulgaris) comprising two carapaces and four pieces of cheliped; one specimen (M. alaskensis);
Collection methods: Stanford University (N. Pac. 128)
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 139188: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 09.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Megokkos alaskensis Rathbun 1926 crab | |
Pilodius vulgaris Glaessner 1928 stone crab |