LGS 52 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.6° N, 93.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 76.4° 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; unlithified, ferruginous, glauconitic sandstone

• Fossils found in glauconitic, ferruginous sand.

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 98692: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 19.10.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana corpulentoidea pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides
"Arca (Barbatia) cuculloides" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides Conrad 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria (Pitaria) nuttelliopsis venus clam
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.
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam
Venericardia (Venericor) densata pendletonensis