LGS 41: Ypresian, Louisiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis gregorioi Vaughan 1900
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Cornulina minax (Solander 1766)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Pleurotomella veatchi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurotoma capax
synonym of Turris
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) cappa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria (Pitaria) nuttelliopsis
including Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis greggi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi (Aldrich 1886)
recombined as Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi
Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi var.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina bellsiana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) sabinensis n. sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
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:glauconitic,brown,gray,blue unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Bluish gray or oxidized brown glauconitic sands.
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:98925
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-22 21:11:20 Last modified:2011-02-15 21:09:17
Access level:group members Released:2015-10-22 21:11:20
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]