LGS 55: Thanetian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella mortoni
Conrad 1830
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| recombined as Kapalmerella mortoni | ||||||||||
| Territella mortoni postmortoni | ||||||||||
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Turritella multilira
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica aperta
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen pendletonensis n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitaria (Pitaria) nuttelliopsis
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| including Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis greggi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi
(Aldrich 1886)
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| recombined as Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi | ||||||||||
| Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi var. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Venericor) densata
(Conrad 1845)
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| Venericardia (Venericor) densata pendletonensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Natchitoches |
| Coordinates: | 31.7° North, 93.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 76.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 Ferry |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,yellow unlithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: Impressions found in yellowish brown limonitic fine sand. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 99723 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-19 13:27:18 | Last modified: | 2012-02-01 20:52:44 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-11-19 13:27:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35012. | J. O. Barry and R. J. LeBlanc. 1942. Lower Eocene Faunal Units of Lousiana. Geological Bulletin of the state of Louisiana Dept. of Conservation (23)1-208 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/L. Eccles] |