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The most famous fossil sites within Louisiana are Creola Bluff at Montgomery Landing Site in Grant Parish, Louisiana [20] and the Cane River Site, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The Montgomery Landing Site was a 500 meters (1,600 ft) long and 14 meters (46 ft) high bluff that was the cutbank on the east side of the Red River .
This list of the Cenozoic life of Louisiana contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Louisiana and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
Group or Formation Period Notes Citronelle Formation: Neogene: Claiborne Group / Cane River Formation (Cook Mountain Formation or St. Maurice Formation)Paleogene: Claiborne Group / Lisbon Formation
The monumental earthworks of Poverty Point consist of a series of earthen ridges, earthen mounds, and a central plaza. The earthworks core of the site measures about 345 acres (140 ha), although archaeological investigations have shown that the total occupation area extended for more than three miles (5 km) along the Bayou Macon. [7]
This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana,. The United States National Historic Landmark program is a program of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.
Researchers studying fossilized wood in the Panama Canal recently discovered that an Early Miocene mangrove forest once covered the area. A Lost Forest From 22 Million Years Ago Has Suddenly ...
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The Door Point Volcano is a buried extinct volcano off the shore of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. It last erupted in the late Cretaceous period, between 74 and 90 million years ago. It was discovered in a drill core at approximately 8000' depth beneath the sea floor. The volcano is a sill composed of layers of volcanic ash and breccia.