Version V0910 current as of OCT 2009.
| Location | County | State/Province | Directions,Notes | Age | Formation | Fossils | Comments | Reference | Lat-Long | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | [?] | LA | In NW corner of the state in occasional lignite outcrops | Paleocene-Eocene | Wilcox | plants and leaves | LA0083 | | | , | ||||
| - | - | LA | Along the Mississippi River from Cairo,IL to Baton Rouge,LA in loess (wind blown silt) deposits ranging from 9 to 23 meters in thickness and 50 to 100km in width (thicker in North and better developed on E side of river) | Pleistocene | terrestrial and occasional lacustrian gastropods. A few bivalves | LA0001 | 30.4131,-91.1750,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Bayou Manchac | Ascension | LA | In SW1/4s15t8sr2e in shell marl 303666 92.2464 | Pleistocene | Cincinnati,Pomatiopsis,Physa,Helisoma,Ferrissia,Gyralus,Pisidium | LA0002 | 30.6156,-92.2464, SW1/4s15t8sr2e | | | , | ||||
| Arcadia | Bienville | LA | 5 km W in RR cut | Eocene | mollusk casts | LA0003 | 32.5489,-92.9200,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Bienville | Bienville | LA | s32t14nr7w 32.1556 93.1090 | Cretaceous | Ostrea | LA0004 | 32.1556,-93.1090, s32t14nr7w | | | , | ||||
| Campti | Bienville | LA | 200 meters E of Campti-Sparta road on Lake Village - Vernon road in s31t14nr7w on shell strewn prairie 32.1554 93.1280 | Ostrea | LA0005 | 32.1554,-93.1280, s31t14nr7w | | | , | |||||
| Gibbsland | Bienville | LA | 4 km E in light brown clay in road cut | Eocene | casts,Leda,Venericardia,Dentalium,Echinoderms | LA0006 | | | , | |||||
| Gibbsland | Bienville | LA | at base of Mt Lebanon | Eocene | Claiborne, Lower | fossils. | LA0007 | | | , | ||||
| Liberty Hill | Bienville | LA | 15 km E | Eocene | Claiborne | typical fossils | LA0008 | 32.3375,-92.8919,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Liberty Hill | Bienville | LA | 16 km SE at Rayburn's Salt Works s31t15nr5w in Limestone-gypsum beds 32.2427 92.9202 (About 3km W of Friendship) | Cretaceous | Exogyra,Gryphaea,Pecten,Inoceramus,Legumen,Linearia,Baculites | LA0009 | 32.2427,-92.9202, s31t15nr5w | | | , | ||||
| Liberty Hill | Bienville | LA | 24 km E | Eocene | Claiborne | typical fossils | LA0010 | 32.3375,-92.8919,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Liberty Hill | Bienville | LA | 5 km NE on the Ruston road | Eocene | Claiborne | typical fossils | LA0011 | 32.3375,-92.8919,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Liberty Hill | Bienville | LA | In area hillsides | Eocene | Claiborne | typical fossils | LA0012 | 32.3375,-92.8919,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Albany | Caddo | LA | toward Henderson's Mills in Limestone outcrops | Eocene | Midway | Enclimatoceras | LA0013 | 30.5042,-90.5822,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Bunker Hill | Caddo | LA | in 27m of clay in bluff | Venericardia,Pinna | LA0014 | 32.0133,-92.0036,,SCU | | | , | |||||
| Columbia | Caldwell | LA | 2 km N in small branch | Zeuglodon,shells | LA0016 | 32.1050,-92.0778,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Columbia | Caldwell | LA | In RR cuts | fossil leaves,lignite wood | LA0017 | 32.1050,-92.0778,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Columbia | Caldwell | LA | In bluffs along Ouachita River | Eocene | Jackson | Zeuglodon bones,Cardium | LA0018 | 32.1050,-92.0778,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Columbia | Caldwell | LA | at Gibson's Landing on Ouachita River in 2.5 meters of sandy clay 15 meters above River | Zeuglodon,shells | LA0019 | 32.1050,-92.0778,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Columbia | Caldwell | LA | Oligocene | Yazoo Clay | LA0015 | LA0084 | 32.1050,-92.0778,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Lone Grave Bluff | Caldwell | LA | in lignitic sands | plant fossils | LA0020 | 32.2050,-92.1389,,SCU | | | , | |||||
| Rosefield | Caldwell | LA | 2 km S on Harrisonburg Road near the Danville Fork in concretions in yellow Limestone | Oligocene | Vicksburg | Dentalium,Ostrea,Pecten,Arca,Byssoarca,Pectunculus,Crassatella,Meretrix,Balanophyllia,Orbitoides,etc. | LA0021 | 31.8908,-91.9986,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Rosefield | Caldwell | LA | 4 km S near Sone's Store | Oligocene | Vicksburg | Dentalium,Ostrea,Pecten,Arca,Byssoarca,Pectunculus,Crassatella,Meretrix,Balanophyllia,Orbitoides,etc. | LA0022 | 31.8908,-91.9986,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Rosefield | Caldwell | LA | 5 km S along Shell creek in S35t11sr4e 31.8907 92.0311 (About 3km W of Rosefield) | Oligocene | Vicksburg | Dentalium,Ostrea,Pecten,Arca,Byssoarca,Pectunculus,Crassatella,Meretrix,Balanophyllia,Orbitoides,etc. | LA0023 | 31.8907,-92.0311, S35t11sr4e | | | , | |||
| Rosefield | Caldwell | LA | near on prairie near Shell creek in S31t11n | Oligocene | Vicksburg | Dentalium,Ostrea,Pecten,Arca,Byssoarca,Pectunculus,Crassatella,Meretrix,Balanophyllia,Orbitoides,etc. | LA0024 | 31.8907,-92.0311,S31t11n | | | , | |||
| Cameron Parish | Cameron | LA | Abundant invertebrates along coast | LA0025 | 29.8667,-93.2167,,SCU | | | , | ||||||
| - | Catahoula | LA | 100 meters below the Caldwell Parish line in 10 meters bluff | Eocene | abundant fossils. | LA0033 | | | , | |||||
| Bunker Hill | Catahoula | LA | 33 km below Columbia | abundant plant and animal fossils - Lepidocyclina,Pecten | LA0026 | 32.0133,-92.0036,,SCU | | | , | |||||
| Danville Landing | Catahoula | LA | 52 km below Columbus on Caldwell line | Eocene | Jackson | mollusks - Venericardia,Pitaria,Corbula,Turritella,Scalaria,Volutalithes,Dentalium,corals -Flabellum,Endopachys,shark teeth,otoliths,Bryozoa-Acanthionella,Holoporella,Otionella,Schizorthosecos,Adeonellopsis | LA0027 | 31.9294,-91.9389,,SCU | | | , | |||
| Grandview Bluff | Catahoula | LA | 32 km below Columbia | abundant plant and animal fossils - Lepidocyclina,Pecten | LA0028 | 32.0169,-92.0053,,SCU | | | , | |||||
| Rosefield | Catahoula | LA | in RR cut | Oligocene | bryozoa | LA0029 | Original said Kentucky. Louisiana seems more likely | 31.8908,-91.9986,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Rosefield | Catahoula | LA | in marl in RR cut. | Oligocene | Byram | varied bryozoan fauna. | LA0030 | 31.8908,-91.9986,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Rosefield | Catahoula? | LA | in RR cut near cemetery in Sec 31T11R5E in coquina layer. PLSS Loc is indeed near Rosefield however Google Maps shows no cemetery, no RR and, for that matter no town -- only one building -- at the junction of LA124 and LA126 | mollusks - Conus,Scapharca,Glycymeris. Ostrea,Procardia,Macrocallista. corals -Archohelia,Balanophyllia,otoliths,shark teeth,bryozoa,Lepidocyclina | LA0034 | 31.8909036,-91.9972641,31T11R5E,G | | | , | |||||
| Rosefield? | Catahoula? | LA | in RR cut | Oligocene | Byram | bryozoa | LA0035 | Original says 'Rosenfield' | | | , | |||
| Sicily Island | Catahoula | LA | A few fragmentary bones | Pliocene | Citronelle | Vertebrate-Ursus | LA0031 | 31.8753,-91.6944,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Wyant's[?] Bluff | Catahoula | LA | 7 km above Danville | Eocene | Casts and molds of fossils. | LA0032 | Can't locate | | | , | ||||
| - | De Soto | LA | sw1/4ne1/4s13t10nr11w on local road off LA180 31.8542 93.4475 (In SE corner of parish. At junction of Bob Wilson road and LA174) | Eocene | pelecypods,gastropods | LA0036 | 31.8542,-93.4475, sw1/4ne1/4s13t10nr11w | | | , | ||||
| Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge | LA | Area deposits of chert and gravel mined across Central Louisiana for aggregate for construction. | Pliocene | Citronelle | Devonian and Mississippian fossils - brachiopods,bryozoa,cephalopods,corals,crinoids,pelecypods,and trilobites | LA0085 | 30.4506,-91.1544,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Montgomery | Grant | LA | On Red River near Montgomery Landing | Eocene | numerous mollusks | LA0039 | 31.6672,-92.8906,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Montgomery | Grant | LA | at Creole Bluff at Montgomery Landing on Red River | Eocene | Moodys Branch | abundant mollusks | LA0040 | 31.6672,-92.8906,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Montgomery | Grant | LA | Coral Parasmilia | LA0038 | 31.6672,-92.8906,,MCU | | | , | ||||||
| Montgomery Landing | Grant | LA | At Creole Bluff near the Red River SW of Montgomery. | Eocene | Moodys Branch | 50 Species of Eocene mollusks. | LA0041 | 32.2342,-92.1472,,SCU | | | , | |||
| Montgomery Landing | Grant | LA | W part of se1/4s25t8nr5w 31.6496 92.8288 (near W shore of lake Natichoe) | Eocene | Jackson|Moodys Branch | abundant Arca,Avicula,Bersonia[?],Callista,Capulus,Protocardium,Caricella,Cassidaria,Cassis,Clavilithes,Conus,Corbula,Crassatella,Cypraea,Dentalium,Fissurella,Fusus,Pseudoliva,Glycymeris,Harpa,Leda,Metula,Mitra,Natica,Nucula,Ostrea | LA0042 | No citations found for 'Bersonia' 060519 | 31.6496,-92.8288, se1/4s25t8nr5w | | | , | ||
| Montgomery Landing | Grant | LA | in bluffs along river | Eocene | Jackson | many species of fossils. | LA0043 | 32.2342,-92.1472,,SCU | | | , | |||
| Tannock's[?] Prairie | Grant | LA | in Limestone concretions | Ostrea,Haminea | LA0044 | Can't locate Tannock's Prairie or Bens Creek which apparently lies to its North | | | , | |||||
| Tullos | Grant | LA | 1.3 km N of RR station in fields and small washes | well preserved faunas | LA0045 | 31.8192,-92.3297,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Tullos | Grant | LA | in gray sandy clay | Zeuglodon bones | LA0046 | 31.8192,-92.3297,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Belle Isle--Myrtle Bayou | Iberia | LA | 14 km up Atchafalaya River on E slope of Shaft Hill near old sand pit | poorly preserved Ostrea,Scapharca,Gnathodon,Dosinia,Cardium,Corbula,Mactra,Lucina,Venus,Semele,Fulgur | LA0047 | | | , | ||||||
| Petite Anse Island | Iberia | LA | In well shafts and mining excavations | Pleistocene | Mastodon,Mylodon,Equus. | LA0048 | | | , | |||||
| Grand Isle | Jefferson | LA | Abundant invertebrates | LA0049 | 29.2364,-89.9872,,MCU | | | , | ||||||
| Adonis | Natchitoches | LA | in calcareous concretions on top of Ridge | Eocene | mollusks | LA0050 | | | , | |||||
| Ajax | Natchitoches | LA | 8 km S in fields near junction of LA404 and LA429 in septarian concretions | fossils | LA0051 | 31.8764,-93.3897,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Black Lake | Natchitoches | LA | in small black land prairies | Ostrea | LA0052 | 30.5219,-92.9092,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Black Lake | Natchitoches | LA | km N,2 km W of Remy Creek S of the Saline-Weaver's Ferry Road | Ostrea | LA0053 | 30.5219,-92.9092,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Marthaville | Natchitoches | LA | 13 km E and in belt of abundantly fossiliferous exposures to about 8 km from Zwolle,Sabine Parish | Eocene | Sabine|Marthaville | Anthozoa-Madracis,Haimesiastraea,pelecypods - Ostrea,Modiolus,Venericardia,Cardium,Pitaria,Tellina,Tritonidea,Buccinanops,Pseudoliva,Nassarius,Levifusus,Cornulina,Voluta,Hemisurcula,Pleurotomella,Ostracods | LA0054 | 31.7386,-93.3964,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Marthaville | Natchitoches | LA | 75 meters E of RR depot on glauconitic,calcareous silt | Eocene? | abundant Ostrea | LA0055 | 31.7386,-93.3964,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Marthaville | Natchitoches | LA | area exposures | Eocene | Marthaville | corals-Madracis,Haimesiastraea; bivalves,gastropods,ostracods. | LA0057 | 31.7386,-93.3964,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Marthaville | Natchitoches | LA | area exposures | Eocene | corals,mollusks,ostracods | LA0056 | 31.7386,-93.3964,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Natchitoches | Natchitoches | LA | West on I49 | Eocene | Cane River | 150 species of invertebrates and vertebrates plus many microfossil taxa | LA0058 | 31.7567,-93.0833,,MCU | | | , | |||
| Provencal | Natchitoches | LA | 1 km W on N side of RR track | Abundant Ostrea | LA0059 | 31.6528,-93.2019,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Rocks Creek | Natchitoches? | LA | nw1/4se1/4s333t10nr10w clays 38.08056 93.3975 (in Valley of Rocks creek). | Eocene | Logansport (LA) | Pelecypods - Nucula,Yoldia,Pinna,Anomia,Modiolus,Venericardia,Lucina,Cardium,Tellina,Corbula,Martesia. Gastropods - Fissurella,Epitonium,Ampullina,Polynices,Sinum,Turritella,Calyptraphorus,Galeodea,Priscoficus,Mitrella,Levifusus | LA0061 | 'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail' | 38.08056,-93.3975, nw1/4se1/4s333t10nr10w | | | , | ||
| Victoria Mills | Natchitoches | LA | In Limestone along hills in back of mills | Ostrea | LA0060 | | | , | ||||||
| Catahoula | Ouachita | LA | In hills N to Arkansas River and W to Red River | Pleistocene | vertebrates | LA0063 | 30.2144,-91.7089,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Catahoula | Ouachita | LA | In hills N to Arkansas River and W to Red River | Pectenites,Belemnites | LA0062 | 30.2144,-91.7089,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| - | Sabine | LA | s24T10nr11w in SW corner on hilltops 31.8378 93.4507 (in extreme ne corner of parish) | Eocene | fossils | LA0076 | 31.8378,-93.4507, s24T10nr11w | | | , | ||||
| Belmont[?] | Sabine | LA | T8ns12rw in road cut -- This is fairly hopeless without a range value in PLSS loc. Loc is based on R12W, but if there are any fossils there (About 4km SW of Belmont on LA120), it'll be luck | Eocene | Anomia | LA0073 | 31.6857247,-93.5475125,T8ns12rw,G | | | , | ||||
| Fort Jessup | Sabine | LA | 2 km E along banks of Rocky Creek | Eocene | Turritella,Volutilithes,fucoids | LA0064 | | | , | |||||
| Fort Jessup | Sabine | LA | E along banks of Rocky Creek | Eocene | Turritella,Volulithes,fucoids | LA0065 | | | , | |||||
| La Nana Bayou | Sabine | LA | at sec 29-30 line in dark micaceous clay | Eocene | Turritella,Volutilites,Pleurotoma,Astarte,Venericardia,Pseudoliva. | LA0066 | | | , | |||||
| Many | Sabine | LA | 2.5 km SE in boulders near Tar River | Eocene | Venericardia | LA0067 | 31.5672,-93.4811,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Negreet P.O. | Sabine | LA | in lignitic strata in local streams | Ostrea,Pecten,Cypraea,Turritella | LA0068 | | | , | ||||||
| Negreet P.O. | Sabine | LA | on area hills in yellow limestones | Ostrea,Pecten,Cypraea,Turritella | LA0069 | | | , | ||||||
| Pleasant Hill | Sabine | LA | 4 km NE on road cut on W side of MI180 in large calcareous concretions | Eocene | fossils | LA0070 | 31.8556,-93.5131,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Pleasant Hill | Sabine | LA | T9n,nw1/4s1r12w in ravine in concretions. Loc based on PLSS is aobut 3km SW of Pleasant Hill | Eocene | Anomia | LA0074 | 31.801725,-93.551159,nw1/4s1T9nr12w,G | | | , | ||||
| Pleasant Hill | Sabine | LA | ne1/4s2t9nr12w in lignitic outcrop 31.7987 95.5641 (Rough Guess 6 or 7km SW of Pleasant Hill?) | Eocene | Venericardia,Yoldia,Volutalithes,Calyptraphorus,Levifusus | LA0075 | 31.7987,-95.5641, ne1/4s2t9nr12w | | | , | ||||
| Rocky Spring Church | Sabine | LA | on Marthaville-Many Road ne1/4s24t8nr11w in Limestone 31.6648 93.44447 (About 5km WNW of Fort Jessup) | Cretaceous | Cardium,Ostrea | LA0071 | 31.6648,-93.44447, ne1/4s24t8nr11w | | | , | ||||
| Sabinetown Bluff | Sabine | LA | in green-gray glauconite | Nucula,Trinacria,Arca,Periploma,Venericardia,Phacoides,Bornia,Pitaria,Macrocallista,Spisula,Corbula,gastropods - Teinostoma,Skenea,Tuba,Melanella,Architectonica,Epitonium,Natica,Sinum,Bittium,Cerithiella,Scaphopods - Cadulus,Ostracod | LA0072 | | | , | ||||||
| Fort Polk | Vernon | LA | Terrestrial vertebrates including many teeth of small mammals in thin limestone beds | Miocene | vertebrates-horses,gomphotheres,artiodactyls,rodents,insectivores,Lagomorphs,carnivores | LA0077 | 31.0464,-93.2053,,MCU | | | , | ||||
| Little Bayou Sara | West Feliciana | LA | s10R1sr4w in stream bluffs. PLSS Loc doesn't resolve to anything reasonable | Pleistocene (24640 BP) | 20 species of invertebrates - Plants --Pleistocene--Cincinnatia,Pomatiopsis,Helisoma,Physa,Lymnaea,Campeloma,Helicodiscus,Retinella,Hawaiia,Succinea,Pisidium | LA0082 | http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/metadata/noaa-macrofossil-7876.html | 30.95, -91.46667,,G | | | , | |||
| Tunica Hills | West Feliciana | LA | In stream bed | Pliocene? | Citronelle? | vertebrate bones-Cormohipparion | LA0078 | 30.9675,-91.5533,,MCU | | | , | |||
| New Hope Church | Winn | LA | 1 km NW in ferruginous concretion | Turritella | LA0079 | 32.5344,-93.6703,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| Sparta | Winn | LA | 1 km S of Milepost 24 on Sparta-Montgomery road in ferruginous and limey concretions | Anomia,Plicatula,Pseudoliva,Ostrea | LA0080 | 32.3672,-93.0794,,MCU | | | , | |||||
| St Maurice | Winn | LA | in bluff along bayou | Eocene | Claiborne, Lower | typical fossils. | LA0081 | 30.0939,-92.1583,,SCU | | | , |
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