Where: Spain (42.3° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 2.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• late Ypresian: chrons C23r through C22n and NP zones 12 and 13
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; poorly lithified mudstone and poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk
Primary reference: S. Dominici and T. Kowalke. 2007. Depositional dynamics and the record of ecosystem stability: early Eocene faunal gradients in the Pyrenean foreland, Spain. Palaios 22(3):268-284 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75327: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bezanconia pyrenaica cerith snail | |
Gantechinobathra vulcanica, Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) inaequirugatus, Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis) hispanica, Tylochilus palensis
Gantechinobathra vulcanica horn snail
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) inaequirugatus horn snail listed as Tympanotonos (Eot.) inaequirugatus
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis) hispanica horn snail
Tylochilus palensis horn snail | |
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell | |
Diastoma variculosum snail | |
Lapparia musicalis volute | |
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail | |
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail | |
Peraubium vidali Cossmann 1906 snail |