Where: Pierce County, Washington (47.1° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 112.3° W)
When: Puget Formation, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• Labeled "Miocene", probably Oligocene series
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by H.J. Karstner, USGS in 1898; reposited in the USNM
• Six specimens, Cat. No. 353395
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 139441: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 12.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Pilodius vulgaris Glaessner 1928 stone crab |