LGS 42 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.4° N, 93.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 76.6° 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; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 98922: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana corpulentoidea pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam
Venericardia (Venericor) densata pendletonensis
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula (Carycorbula) aldrichi" = Vokesula aldrichi
"Corbula (Carycorbula) aldrichi" = Vokesula aldrichi Meyer 1885 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina bellsiana tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Plagiocardium sp. Cossmann 1866 cockle
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
"Levifusus pagoda" = Levifusus pagodiformis, "Buccinanops ellipticum" = Bullia (Buccinanops)
"Levifusus pagoda" = Levifusus pagodiformis Heilprin 1881 true whelk
"Buccinanops ellipticum" = Bullia (Buccinanops) true whelk