St. Maurice, loc. 174: Lutetian - Bartonian, Louisiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
n. var. mauricensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Louisiana County:Winn
Coordinates: 31.8° North, 93.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.3° North, 74.3° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian - Bartonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2 - Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Lutetian - Bartonian
Age range of interval: 48.07 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Cook Mountain Member:Saline Bayou
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic lithified claystone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:87145
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-03-06 06:13:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

29333. E. Monsour. 1944. Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Golf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 18(2):109-118 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]