Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.4° N, 93.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 76.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pendleton Ferry Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105503: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 21.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana corpulentoidea pointed nut clam | |
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi Aldrich 1886 cockle Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi var.
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"Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides
"Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides Conrad 1833 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Fissurella alabama snail | |
Ampullina alabamiensis snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Madracis gregorioi Vaughan 1900 stony coral |