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Saline Bayou , Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	31.7544,-92.9725
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	Louisiana, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Saline Bayou (H76-76-1)	Hansen T. A. (1978)	Cook Mountain - Saline Bayou		claystone	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Saline Bayou (H76-76-3)	Hansen T. A. (1978)	Cook Mountain - Saline Bayou		claystone	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Eodrilla lonsdalei species	*Eodrilla lonsdalei*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Eodrilla lonsdallii species	*Eodrilla lonsdallii*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Anthozoa class	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Bivalvia class	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Plagiarca : *Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Limopsis aviculoides species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Limopsidae : Limopsis : *Pectunculus aviculoides*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Nemocardium salrivale species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Nemocardium : *Nemocardium salrivale*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Abra sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Abra*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Abra nitens species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : Abra : *Abra nitens*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Tellinidae family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Glyptoactis : *Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Bathytormus sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : *Bathytormus*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Calorhadia opulenta species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Calorhadia : *Calorhadia opulenta*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Nuculana sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : *Nuculana*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Nuculana wautubbeana species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : *Nuculana wautubbeana*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Orthoyoldia psammotaea species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Orthoyoldia : *Orthoyoldia psammotaea*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : *Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Ostreidae family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Atrina sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pinnidae : *Atrina*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Anomia sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : *Anomia*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Eburneopecten scintillatus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Eburneopecten : *Eburneopecten scintillatus*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Plicatula filamentosa species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : *Plicaea filamentosa*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Caryocorbula deusseni species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Caryocorbula : *Caryocorbula deusseni*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Verticordia sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Verticordiidae : *Verticordia*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Verticordia sotoensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Verticordiidae : Verticordia : *Verticordia sotoensis*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Gastropoda class	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Latirus moorei species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Latirus : *Latirus moorei*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Athleta clayi species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Athleta : *Athleta clayi*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Athleta petrosa species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Athleta : *Athleta petrosa*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectonicidae : Architectonica : *Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Natica (Naticarius) semilunata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Naticarius : *Natica (Naticarius) semilunata*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Polinices sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : *Polinices*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Haustator carinata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Turritellidae : Haustator : *Haustator carinata*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Turritella sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : *Turritella*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Cadulus sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Gadilida : Gadilidae : *Cadulus*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene

References

Palmer K. V., Brann D. C. (1965) Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda, Bulletins of American Paleontology 48, 1-471

Hansen T. A. (1978) Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs, Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University, 1-310

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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