LGS 41: Ypresian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Cornulina minax
(Solander 1766)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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Pleurotomella veatchi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleurotoma capax
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitaria (Pitaria) nuttelliopsis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi
(Aldrich 1886)
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| Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi var. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina bellsiana
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) cappa
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Venericor) sabinensis n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Madracis gregorioi
Vaughan 1900
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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 - 47.8 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] |