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Cook Mountain - Saline Bayou, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA

Formation	Cook Mountain
Member	Saline Bayou
Age:	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Interval	Lutetian
Tectonic Setting	Passive margin
Lithology	claystone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	50

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Saline Bayou	Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA	Cook Mountain - Saline Bayou

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Eodrilla lonsdalei species	7	*Eodrilla lonsdalei*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Eodrilla lonsdallii species	7	*Eodrilla lonsdallii*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Anthozoa class	3	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Bivalvia class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Plagiarca : *Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Pectunculus aviculoides species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Limopsidae : Limopsis : *Pectunculus aviculoides*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Nemocardium salrivale species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Nemocardium : *Nemocardium salrivale*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Abra sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Abra*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Abra nitens species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : Abra : *Abra nitens*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Tellinidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Glyptoactis : *Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Bathytormus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : *Bathytormus*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Calorhadia opulenta species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Calorhadia : *Calorhadia opulenta*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Nuculana sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : *Nuculana*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Nuculana wautubbeana species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : *Nuculana wautubbeana*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Orthoyoldia psammotaea species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Orthoyoldia : *Orthoyoldia psammotaea*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : *Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Ostreidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Atrina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pinnidae : *Atrina*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Anomia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : *Anomia*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Eburneopecten scintillatus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Eburneopecten : *Eburneopecten scintillatus*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Plicaea filamentosa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : *Plicaea filamentosa*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Caryocorbula deusseni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Caryocorbula : *Caryocorbula deusseni*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Verticordia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Verticordiidae : *Verticordia*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Verticordia sotoensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Verticordiidae : Verticordia : *Verticordia sotoensis*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Gastropoda class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Latirus moorei species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Latirus : *Latirus moorei*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Athleta clayi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Athleta : *Athleta clayi*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Athleta petrosa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Athleta : *Athleta petrosa*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectonicidae : Architectonica : *Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Natica (Naticarius) semilunata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Naticarius : *Natica (Naticarius) semilunata*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Polinices sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : *Polinices*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Haustator carinata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Turritellidae : Haustator : *Haustator carinata*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Turritella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : *Turritella*	47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene
Cadulus sp. genus	6	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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