LGS 1 formerly Locality #1 - Logansport Formation is a fossil collection site in Sabine, Louisiana, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Logansport Formation, dated to the Danian to Thanetian (66–56 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore. Documented finds include Nuculana, Venericardia, Lucina, Tellina, Corbula, Epitonium.

Geologic setting

Formation: Logansport
Geologic interval: Danian to Thanetian
Age: 66–56 Ma
Depositional environment: offshore
Altitude: 270 feet
Recorded occurrences: 19

Geology notes

No paleoenvironmental data stated. Appears to be a shallow shelfal environment. Enterer has designated it as "offshore siliciclastic".

Locality notes

Ravine in approximate center of NW1/4 Sec. 1, T. 9N., R. 12W. Locality is about one third mile east of locality cited by Harris (1899). Lat/long estimate based on Sabine Parish.

Fossils found here

Nuculana

Bivalvia · Nuculanidae

Venericardia

Bivalvia · Carditidae

Lucina

Bivalvia · Lucinidae

Tellina

Bivalvia · Tellinidae

Corbula

Bivalvia · Corbulidae

Epitonium

Gastropoda · Epitoniidae

Polinices

Gastropoda · Naticidae

Turritella

Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Calyptraphorus

Gastropoda · Rostellariidae

Priscoficus

Gastropoda · Ficidae

Athleta petrosa

Gastropoda · Volutidae

Orthosurcula

Gastropoda · Costellariidae

Orthoyoldia

Bivalvia · Nuculanidae

Falsifusus

Gastropoda · Fasciolariidae

Venericardia (Venericor)

Bivalvia · Carditidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 52190 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about LGS 1 formerly Locality #1 - Logansport Formation

Can you collect at LGS 1 formerly Locality #1 - Logansport Formation?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at LGS 1 formerly Locality #1 - Logansport Formation?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.