LGS 50 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.6° N, 93.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 79.1° 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

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 92277: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 04.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi Aldrich 1886 cockle
Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi var.