Figols-Castigaleu sequence I3, facies 4, sample 90 (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: interdistributary bay; poorly lithified mudstone and poorly lithified sandstone

• shown on figure as facies M2, which consists of "Mudstones and fine-grained sandstones... Bioturbated... Tidal flat, interdistributary bay": shown on supplemental figure as mostly mangrove

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 75407: 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
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Faunus castigalei
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis, Gantechinobathra vulcanica, Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis horn snail
listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis
Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis