Just below the lower seepage on Pearl Creek, Nichowak District (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as on Pearl Creek oil claim No. 11

Where: Alaska (61.0° N, 159.3° W: paleocoordinates 63.2° N, 154.1° W)

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

• Two specimens, 1 male (M. alaskensis)

Collection methods: Type for P. olearis in University of California (No. 3862)

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 139650: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 15.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
Panopeus olearis Rathbun 1926 crab
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Megokkos alaskensis Rathbun 1926 crab