LGS 53 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.7° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 79.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pendleton Ferry Formation (Wilcox Group), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101127: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 17.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam
Venericardia (Venericor) densata pendletonensis