Figols-Castigaleu sequence A1, facies 7, sample 52 (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 75369: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. FĂ©russac 1822 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans Lamarck 1806 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
listed as Cardidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium vidali cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail