Figols-Castigaleu sequence C2, facies 8, sample 70 (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

• shown on figure as facies M3m, which consists of "Mudstones and fine-grained sandstones... Bioturbated... Shelfal lobes (sandstones), prodelta, inner shelf (mudstones)": shown on supplemental figure as mostly delta or seagrass, the latter from a subtidal muddy bottom

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 75387: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudamauridae indet.
Pseudamauridae indet.
listed as large Pseudamauridae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari elongata
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
listed as Ostrea sp.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium semigranulosum
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Gantechinobathra vulcanica, Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis horn snail
listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium (Granulolabium) pyrenaicum, Granulolabium (Granulolabium) figarolense
Granulolabium (Granulolabium) pyrenaicum Dominici and Kowalke 2014 snail
listed as Granulolabium (G.) pyrenaicum
Granulolabium (Granulolabium) figarolense snail
listed as Granulolabium (G.) figarolense
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella peraubensis, Zaria caroli, Sigmesalia fasciata
Zaria caroli turret shell
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Faunus castigalei
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet.
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet.
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura sp.
Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
listed as Strepsidura n.sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
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Peraubium vidali
Peraubium vidali Cossmann 1906 snail
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758