PRI 760 (Eocene to of the United States)

Where: Caddo County, Louisiana (32.9° N, 94.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 80.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Reklaw Formation (Claiborne Group), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• formation-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 98649: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 15.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea vivianensis