Natchitoches, LA; Bed A, bag #1 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as LNa-1a

Where: Natchitoches County, Louisiana (31.8° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 81.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: late zone, Weches Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic marl

• highly glauconitic gray-green marl

tiny fragile fossils

some minor pyrite

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast, original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2409: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 03.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• includes all countable macrofossils except bivalves (at this time), but oysters ARE included
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulitidae indet. Lagaaij 1952
lunulitid A
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Coronia genitiva" = Gemmula (Coronia) genitiva, "Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii
"Coronia genitiva" = Gemmula (Coronia) genitiva Casey 1904 turrid
"Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
n. sp.?
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral