Also known as NW Territory
Where: Alberta, Canada (50.4° N, 114.7° W: paleocoordinates 58.3° N, 79.1° W)
When: Belly River(?) Group, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• complicated, due to thrust faulting. Likely Belly River group.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• Dorsal view of type specimen, some appendages also visible, (L. canadensis);
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 140565: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Linuparus canadensis Whiteaves 1884 spiny lobster |