M 477 (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as LGS 35

Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.7° N, 93.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 76.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marthaville Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Collected from a deep red ferruginous layer (Barry & LeBlanc 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 98913: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi, "Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi
"Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi" = Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi Aldrich 1886 cockle
"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
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) "sp. D" Lamarck 1799 mussel