M 332 (Paleocene to of the United States)

Also known as LGS 11

Where: De Soto County, Louisiana (31.9° N, 93.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 74.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Logansport Formation (Midway Group), Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, green claystone

• Khaki green calcareous clays. (Barry 1942)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92158: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 02.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula "sp. I" Bruguière 1789 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae