Palaega goedertorum

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Cirolanoidea
Familia: Cirolanidae
Genus: †Palaega
Species: P. goedertorum

[edit] Name

Palaega goedertorum Wieder & Feldmann

[edit] 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).

[edit] 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

[edit] 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