Figols-Castigaleu sequence D2, facies 7, sample 82 (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 75399: 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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Pseudamauridae indet.
listed as large Pseudamauridae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium sp. Cossmann 1889 snail
listed as Granulolabium sp.
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
listed as Potamididae indet.
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis horn snail
listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
 Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
"Benoistea bofilli" = Benoistia
"Benoistea bofilli" = Benoistia snail
listed as Benoistia bofilli