PRI 52 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Natchitoches County, Louisiana (31.7° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 76.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92302: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Odontogryphaea thirsae Gabb 1862 oyster
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
? Crassatella "sp. D" Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
cf. Plagiocardium sp. Cossmann 1866 cockle
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae