LGS 45: Ypresian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Plagiocardium sp.
Cossmann 1866
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Venericor) densata
(Conrad 1845)
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Venericardia (Venericor) densata pendletonensis | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Sabine |
Coordinates: | 31.4° North, 93.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.2° North, 79.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Wilcox | Formation: | Pendleton Ferry |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 98782 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-10-20 08:51:54 | Last modified: | 2011-02-15 21:26:40 |
Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-10-20 08:51:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35012. | 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] |