Marthaville (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Louisiana (31.7° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 75.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wilcox Group, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• Marthaville outcrop

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

Primary reference: H. V. Howe and J. B. Garrett. 1934. Louisiana Sabine Eocene Ostracoda. Geological Bulletin 4 [M. Fernandes Martins/M. Fernandes Martins/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191408: authorized by Maria Joao Fernandes Martins, entered by Maria Joao Fernandes Martins on 26.01.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Cythereis ? alabamensis Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cytheridea pyeatti n. sp. Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
Cytheridea ?
Cytheridea sabinensis Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
Cytheridea marthavillensis n. sp. Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
Cytheridea moodyi n. sp. Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
Cytheridea wallacei n. sp. Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
Cytheridea veatchi Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod