A new crab from the late Eocene Hoko River formation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington: The earliest record of Euphylax (Decapoda: Portunidae)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 323-330

  Nyborg, Torrey G ^a   Berglund, Ross E ^b   Goedert, James L ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

OLYMPIC PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHYLAX; EUPHYLAX FELDMANNI; INVERTEBRATA; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0037353472     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000043675     Document Type: Article

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