M 89 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.8° N, 93.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 79.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pendleton Ferry Formation (Wilcox Group), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 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 98926: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana "sp. C" Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes alabamensis Aldrich 1895 mussel