Figols-Castigaleu sequence B2, facies 7, sample 63 (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 75380: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes sp.
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura sp.
Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
listed as Strepsidura n.sp.
 Cerithioidea - Acanthonematidae
Faunus castigalei, Vermicularia staadti
Faunus castigalei cerith snail
Vermicularia staadti turret shell
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda sp.
Archaeogastropoda sp. Thiele 1925 snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida -
Lucinoidea indet.
Lucinoidea indet. Fleming 1828 clam
listed as Lucinoide indet.
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari elongata
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet.
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
listed as Tellinidae spp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Loxocardium sp.
Loxocardium sp. Cossmann 1886 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet., Pitar sp.
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
listed as Veneridae sp. A
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula), Bicorbula sp.
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet.
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp.
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
listed as Brachidontes nov. sp.
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam