Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.6° N, 93.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.1° N, 66.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pendleton Ferry Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, ferruginous, glauconitic sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: J. O. Barry and R. J. LeBlanc. 1942. Lower Eocene Faunal Units of Lousiana. Geological Bulletin of the state of Louisiana Dept. of Conservation (23)1-208 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/L. Eccles]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 98692: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 19.10.2010
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana corpulentoidea pointed nut clam | |
"Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides
"Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides Conrad 1833 clam | |
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"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi Aldrich 1886 cockle Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi var.
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