Branchioplax is an extinct genus of
crab which existed in
Alaska and
Washington during the
Eocene period. It was first named by
Mary Rathbun in 1916, and contains ten species,[1] including Branchioplax washingtoniana from the
Hoko River Formation,[2]Branchioplax carmanahensis,[3] and Branchioplax ballingi.[4]
^Page 86, Bulletin: Geological section, Volume 31, Issues 1-3. By Moskovskoe obshchestvo ispytateleĭ prirody. Israel Program for Scientific Translations., 1961
^Page 66, Cretaceous and eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. NRC monograph publishing program, Canadian electronic library. By Carrie Ellen Schweitzer, National Research Council Canada. 2003.
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^Page 319, Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, Société géologique de France, 1959.