Figols-Castigaleu sequence C1, facies 8, sample 42 (Eocene of Spain)

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: coastal; poorly lithified mudstone and poorly lithified sandstone

• shown on figure as facies M3, which consists of "Mudstones and fine-grained sandstones... Bioturbated... Shelfal lobes (sandstones), prodelta, inner shelf (mudstones)": shownh on supplemental figure as mostly estuary, delta, and shoreface

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 75359: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
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Peraubium vidali Cossmann 1906 snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium (Granulolabium) figarolense snail
listed as Granulolabium (G.) figarolense
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zaria caroli turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824 snail
 Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
"Benoistea vidali" = Benoistia
"Benoistea vidali" = Benoistia snail
listed as Benoistia vidali
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) vidali horn snail
listed as Cerithidea (C.) vidali
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) inaequirugatus horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (Eot.) inaequirugatus
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes parisiensis Mayer-Eymar 1877 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute