Cane River: Lutetian, Louisiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nodosariata - Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
Lamarckina claibornense
Truncorotaloididae
Morozovella aragonensis
unclassified
Marginulina viriata
spelled with current rank as Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina advena
Actinopteri - Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Myripristis sp. Cuvier 1827
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus sp. Hilgendorf 1877
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia alticostata (Conrad 1833)
recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea divaricata (Lea 1833)
recombined as Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata
Cubitostrea lisbonensis (Harris 1919)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Cephalopoda
Belosaepia veatchi
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora sp. Linne 1758
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Louisiana County:Natchitoches
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 93.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.6° North, 82.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Cane River Member:Middle Glauconitic Clay
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:209378
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-05-01 11:41:03 Last modified:2020-05-01 11:41:03
Access level:the public Released:2020-05-01 11:41:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
72255. G. L. Stringer. 2002. 46-million-year-old marine fossils from the Cane River Site, North-Central Louisiana. Louisiana Geological Survey Public Information Series 10:1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]