Also known as LGS 32
Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.6° N, 93.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 76.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marthaville Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 98923: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
cf. Pseudoneptunea harrisi true whelk | |
cf. Caricella ludoviciana volute | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea (Ostrea) multilirata oyster
Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb 1860 oyster | |
"Brachidontes stubbsi" = Brachidontes, "Modiolus (Brachydontes) stubbsi" = Brachidontes
"Brachidontes stubbsi" = Brachidontes mussel
"Modiolus (Brachydontes) stubbsi" = Brachidontes mussel |