Probably near Yaquina (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Oregon (44.6° N, 124.0° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 114.2° W)
When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• One specimen embedded in nodule (M. triangulum)
Preservation: concretion
Collection methods: University of Oregon
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 139860: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 19.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Maeandricampus triangulum Rathbun 1926 crab |