Saline Bayou (H76-76-1) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as H76-76

Where: Winn County, Louisiana (31.8° N, 93.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 81.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Saline Bayou Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, bioturbated, glauconitic, silty claystone

• Blue green glauconitic sandy clay; very fossiliferous. Basal unconformity on highly burrowed sediment."

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: T. A. Hansen. 1978. Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs. Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University 1-310 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1454: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Corals
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
misc. gastropods, 20 species, 1 specimen each.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices aratus, "cf. Natica semilunata" = Natica (Naticarius) semilunata
Polinices aratus moon snail
"cf. Natica semilunata" = Natica (Naticarius) semilunata Lea 1833 moon snail
originally entered as "cf. Natica semilunata"
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta clayi
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus moorei
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella cf. carinata" = Haustator carinata
"Turritella cf. carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell
originally entered as "Turritella cf. carinata"
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum
"Architectonica alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp.
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
misc. bivalves, 9 species, 1 specimen each.
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana wautubbeana, Calorhadia opulenta, Orthoyoldia psammotaea
Nuculana wautubbeana pointed nut clam
Calorhadia opulenta pointed nut clam
Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aviculoides
Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus sp.
Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia cf. alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata
"Venericardia cf. alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833 clam
originally entered as "Venericardia cf. alticostata"
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia sotoensis
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra sp.
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet.
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Tellinid