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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana corpulentoidea pointed nut clam | |
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"Corbula (Carycorbula) aldrichi" = Vokesula aldrichi
"Corbula (Carycorbula) aldrichi" = Vokesula aldrichi Meyer 1885 clam | |
Tellina bellsiana tellin clam | |
Plagiocardium sp. Cossmann 1866 cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella praecincta turret shell | |
Pleurotomella veatchi snail | |
Hemisurcula silicata turrid | |
"Levifusus pagoda" = Levifusus pagodiformis, "Buccinanops ellipticum" = Bullia (Buccinanops)
"Levifusus pagoda" = Levifusus pagodiformis Heilprin 1881 true whelk
"Buccinanops ellipticum" = Bullia (Buccinanops) true whelk |