Also known as type-locality for Callianassa oregonensis
Where: Clatsop County, Oregon (46.2° N, 123.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 114.1° W)
When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• "Miocene" [probably Oligocene] - as quoted from reference
Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous, calcareous lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• "type not found, probably not extant"
Preservation: concretion
Collection methods: United States Exploring Expedition
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 140337: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 08.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Callianassa oregonensis Dana 1849 decapod |