LGS 12 (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.8° N, 93.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 75.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Logansport Formation (Midway Group), Danian to Danian (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Collected from ferruginous float.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

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 99713: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 19.11.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam