Saline Bayou (H76-76-1): Lutetian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Eodrilla lonsdallii
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Eodrillia lonsdallii" | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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| Corals | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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20 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. gastropods, 20 species, 1 specimen each. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cf. carinata
Lea 1833
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32 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator carinata | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Turritella cf. carinata" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Athleta clayi
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus moorei
Gabb 1860
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices aratus
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Natica semilunata
Lea 1833
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Natica (Naticarius) semilunata | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "cf. Natica semilunata" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica alveata
(Conrad 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. bivalves, 9 species, 1 specimen each. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula mauricensis
(Harris 1919)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Calorhadia opulenta
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Orthoyoldia psammotaea
(Dall 1898)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Nuculana wautubbeana
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus sp.
Stewart 1930
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia cf. alticostata
(Conrad 1833)
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124 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Venericardia cf. alticostata" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia sotoensis
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra sp.
Lamarck 1818
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Tellinid | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis aviculoides
(Conrad 1862)
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342 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula filamentosa
(Conrad 1833)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Winn |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 93.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.5° North, 81.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cook Mountain | Member: | Saline Bayou |
| Local section: | H76-76 | Local bed: | 1 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,glauconitic unlithified silty claystone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: Blue green glauconitic sandy clay; very fossiliferous. Basal unconformity on highly burrowed sediment." | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | H76-76 | ||
| Database number: | 1454 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-20 11:53:16 | Last modified: | 2006-09-14 19:54:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42. | T. A. Hansen. 1978. Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs. Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University 1-310 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement] |