PBDB Collection

Figols-Castigaleu sequence B2, facies 7, sample 62 (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 75379: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatellidae indet. Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia minuta Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Veneridae indet., Veneridae indet. Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam listed as Veneridae sp. A Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam listed as Veneridae sp. B
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardiidae indet., Loxocardium sp., Plagiocardium sp. Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle listed as Cardidae Loxocardium sp. Cossmann 1886 cockle Plagiocardium sp. Cossmann 1866 cockle
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellinidae indet. Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam listed as Tellinidae spp.
Arcida - Arcidae	Barbatia sp. Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Potamididae	Potamididae indet. Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail listed as Potamididae indet.
Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae	Terebellum canaliferum Terebellum canaliferum true conch
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Turridae indet. Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Volutidae indet. Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Crommium intermedia Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	Turbinidae indet. Turbinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail