Where: Sabine County, Louisiana (31.6° N, 93.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.2° N, 66.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marthaville Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• member-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 99763: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 20.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea thirsae" = Odontogryphaea thirsae
"Ostrea thirsae" = Odontogryphaea thirsae Gabb 1862 oyster | |
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Anthozoa | |
Madracis gregorioi Vaughan 1900 stony coral |