M 84: Thanetian, Louisiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
cf. Pseudoneptunea harrisi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
cf. Caricella ludoviciana
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes stubbsi
Modiolus (Brachydontes) stubbsi
Barry and LeBlanc 1942
original and current combination Brachidontes
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb 1860
Ostrea (Ostrea) multilirata
Barry and LeBlanc 1942
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Louisiana County:Sabine
Coordinates: 31.6° North, 93.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 76.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wilcox Formation:Marthaville
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: Collected from a calcareous silty ledge (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 32
Database number:98923
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-22 20:57:16 Last modified:2011-02-16 19:17:23
Access level:group members Released:2015-10-22 20:57:16
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]