LGS 44 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.4° N, 93.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 76.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pendleton Ferry Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Impressions and molds found in glauconitic ferruginous bed (Barry & LeBlanc 1942).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 105503: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 21.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis gregorioi Vaughan 1900 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides
"Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides Conrad 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi Aldrich 1886 cockle
Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi var.
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana corpulentoidea pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae