Also known as LGS 26
Where: Natchitoches County, Louisiana (31.7° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 76.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marthaville Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
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 98774: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 20.10.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
cf. Cominella pachecoi true whelk | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Brachidontes stubbsi" = Brachidontes mussel | |
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi1
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi1 Aldrich 1886 cockle Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi var.
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