PRI 730: Bartonian, Louisiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Palmer and Brann 1966
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia hammetti Harris 1919
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella pleboides Vaughan 1895
Palmer and Brann 1966
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus vitis (Conrad 1835)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Dockery 1980
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833
Dockery 1980
Bullata larvata Conrad 1833
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Dockery 1980
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Louisiana County:Bienville
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 93.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 75.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Bartonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Bartonian
Age range of interval: 41.03 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Cook Mountain
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray,red unlithified sandy claystone
Lithology description: Gray and Brownish Red Variegated Sandy Clay. Lithology from PBDB col# 44405.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Environment from PBDB col# 44405.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: described in G.D. Harris, Geological Survey of LA report for 1899, p. 82.
Metadata
Database number:92347
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-08 19:14:03 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:group members Released:2014-11-08 19:14:03
Creative Commons license:CC0
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:

11842 D. T. Dockery. 1980. Invertebrate Macropaleontolgy of the Clarke County Mississippi Area. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 122 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/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]