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Claiborne - Cane River - Topy Creek, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA
Group | Claiborne |
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Formation | Cane River |
Member | Topy Creek |
Age: | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
Interval | Middle Eocene |
Lithology | claystone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Natchitoches | Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA | Claiborne - Cane River - Topy Creek |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Cane River | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | claystone | 1 |
Weches | 47.8 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | marl, sandstone, sandstone/claystone | 112 |
Claiborne - Cane River - Middle Glauconitic clay | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | marl | 4 |
Claiborne - Cane River - Upper Brown Clay | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | siltstone | 1 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Bifarina sp. genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Heterohelicidae : Bifarina | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
References
Stringer G. L., Breard S. Q. (1997) Comparison of Otolith-Based Paleoecology to other fossil group: An example from the Cane River Formation (Eocene) of Louisiana 47, 563-570 |
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!