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A new crab (Brachyura: Cancridae) from lower Miocene rocks of the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Ross E. Berglund  and
James L. Goedert
Ross E. Berglund
Affiliation:
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
James L. Goedert
Affiliation:
Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California 90007
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Abstract

Lower Miocene rocks of the uppermost part of the Pysht Formation and the overlying Clallam Formation on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington have yielded rare fossils of a small crab, Cancer (Metacarcinus) starri, new species. This is the second lower Miocene record of the genus Cancer and the oldest of the subgenus Metacarcinus.

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Research Article
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 70 , Issue 5 , September 1996 , pp. 830 - 835
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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