LGS 46 (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)

• formation-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 105505: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 21.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) sp. Lamarck 1799 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria (Pitaria) nuttelliopsis venus clam
including Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis greggi
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi Aldrich 1886 cockle
Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi var.
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam