Where: Orleans County, Louisiana (30.1° N, 90.0° W: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 90.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the New Orleans barrier trend, which overlies the Michoud Fm (Holocene), and is overlain by the St Bernards delta complex. AGE: Holocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 6.0-6.3 m in section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; unlithified, argillaceous sandstone and unlithified, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Mollyn
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: G. Mollyn. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: W. Miller III. 1983. Stratigraphy of newly exposed Quaternary sediments, eastern Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 17(3-4):85-104 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92775: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana concentrica Say 1824 Concentric Nut Clam | |
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle | |
Macoma tenta, "Tellina alternata" = Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata, Tellidora cristata, "Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus
Macoma tenta Say 1834 tellin clam
"Tellina alternata" = Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata Say 1822 tellin clam
Tellidora cristata Récluz 1842 tellin clam
"Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
Donax texasianus Philippi 1847 clam | |
Abra aequalis Say 1822 abra | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
Raeta plicatella Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Dosinia discus Reeve 1850 venus clam
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
"Agriopoma texasiana" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) texasiana Dall 1892 venus clam | |
Diplodonta cf. soror Adams 1852 clam | |
Diplothyra smithii Tryon 1862 clam
Cyrtopleura costata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Barnea truncata Say 1822 clam | |
Periploma margaritaceum Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Epitonium angulatum Say 1831 wentletrap | |
"Balcis cf. jamaicensis" = Melanella jamaicensis
"Balcis cf. jamaicensis" = Melanella jamaicensis Adams 1845 snail | |
Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Marginella apicina" = Prunum apicinum
"Marginella apicina" = Prunum apicinum Menke 1828 margin shell | |
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail | |
"Cantharus cancellarius" = Solenosteira cancellaria
"Cantharus cancellarius" = Solenosteira cancellaria Conrad 1846 true whelk | |
Nassarius vibex, "Nassarius acutus" = Nassarius (Nassarius) acutus
Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius acutus" = Nassarius (Nassarius) acutus Say 1822 snail | |
"Fasciolaria lilium" = Cinctura lilium
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