Saline Bayou (H76-76-3) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as H76-76

Where: Winn County, Louisiana (31.8° N, 93.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 81.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Saline Bayou Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic, green, silty claystone

• Blue green glauconitic sandy clay; very fossiliferous."

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: T. A. Hansen. 1978. Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs. Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University 1-310 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1455: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.04.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp.
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
misc. gastropods, 15 species, 1 specimen each.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp., "Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
"Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus moorei
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices aratus
Polinices aratus moon snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
misc. bivalves, 9 species, 1 specimen each.
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp., Nuculana wautubbeana, Orthoyoldia psammotaea, Calorhadia opulenta
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana wautubbeana pointed nut clam
Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia opulenta pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet.
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
"Ostreid sp."
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp.
Atrina sp. Gray 1842 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
? Anomia sp.
? Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
"Anomia ?" - originally entered as "? Anomia sp."
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten ? scintillatus
Eburneopecten ? scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
originally entered as "Eburneopecten ? scintillatus"
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aviculoides
Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia rhomboidella
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia sp.
Verticordia sp. Sowerby 1844 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula deusseni
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium salrivale
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra nitens
Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus sp.
Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia cf. alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata
"Venericardia cf. alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833 clam
originally entered as "Venericardia cf. alticostata"
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
"Coral sp. B"