M 475: Ypresian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Venericor) bashiplata
Gardner and Bowles 1939
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Barry and LeBlanc 1942 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonta sylvaerupis
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| corrected as Pycnodonte | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sylvaerupis
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Barry and LeBlanc 1942 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Sabine |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 93.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 79.0° 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: | Sabinetown Bluff |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: Fossils collected from red and green badly weathered glauconite (Barry & LeBlanc 1942). | |
| 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
| Also known as: | LGS 64 | ||
| Database number: | 98911 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-22 20:03:20 | Last modified: | 2011-02-16 20:23:29 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-10-22 20:03:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11845. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 11846 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Sessa] |