Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cirolanoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Cirolanoidea

Familia: Cirolanidae
Genus: †Palaega
Species: P. goedertorum

Name

Palaega goedertorum Wieder & Feldmann

Type locality

Late Oligocene, Pysht Formation; UWBM locations A4770 & B3202, a coastal exposure about 2.4 km west of the mouth of Deep Creek at the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam County, Washington (approximately 48" 11 'N, 124" 3' W).


Type material

  • Holotype: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA UWBM 53917
  • Paratype: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA UWBM 28473
  • Paratypes: Invertebrate Paleontology Section, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, California, USA LACMIP 7870, 7871, 7872, 7873, 7874
  • Paratypes: United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA USNM 425020 through 425054

References

  • Wieder, Robert W. & Feldmann, Rodney M. (1989); "Palaega goedertorum, a Fossil Isopod (Crustacea) from Late Eocene to Early Miocene Rocks of Washington State" Journal of Paleontology 63 (1):73-80
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