Sabine Parish: Thanetian, Louisiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dontogryphaea thirsae
Rudiscala harrisi
Skenae pignus
Trinacria cf. microcancellata
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Solariella sp. Wood 1842
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium cf. multiliniferum
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella wheeleri
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccitriton sagenum (Conrad 1833)
Dorsanum scalatum Heilprin 1891
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica aperta
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma barryi
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Adeorbis cf. sylvaerupis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula butleriana
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Atys cf. robustoides
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Corbula cappa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista sp. Meek 1876
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina cf. bellsiana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula ovula Lea 1833
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) ovula
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana corpulentoidea
Calorhadia aldrichiana
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus abruptus
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium microstria Heilprin 1880
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Louisiana
Coordinates: 31.5° North, 93.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 76.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wilcox Formation:Pendleton
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:173476
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-09-29 06:36:37 Last modified:2015-09-29 06:36:37
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-29 06:36:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

56523. L. N. Glawe, J. F. Anderson, and D. E. Bell. 2014. Late Paleocene examples of residual coloration and embryonic features in juvenile marine mollusks from Northwest Louisiana. Palaeontologia Electronica 17(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]