The writers since the summer of 1939 have been engaged by the Louisiana Geological Survey in collecting and studying the lower Eocene molluscan fauna of Louisiana under the direction of H. N. Fisk. Collections from several localities (Fig. 1) in DeSotto, Sabine, and Natchitoches parishes contain a molluscan fauna comparable with the upper Midway faunas of Alabama and Texas. The only previous mention of the age and occurrence of a molluscan fauna within the area of these localities was by Harris,3 who in reference to fossils from Sec. 2, T. 9 N., R. 12 W., stated, “the...
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