Sabine Parish (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Louisiana (31.5° N, 93.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 76.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pendleton Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173476: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.09.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella sp. Wood 1842 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Dorsanum scalatum Heilprin 1891 true whelk
Buccitriton sagenum Conrad 1833 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica aperta moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula ovula" = Nucula (Nucula) ovula
"Nucula ovula" = Nucula (Nucula) ovula Lea 1833 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Calorhadia aldrichiana pointed nut clam
Nuculana corpulentoidea pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista sp. Meek 1876 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus abruptus tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium microstria Heilprin 1880 tusk shell