Figols-Castigaleu sequence G1, facies 7, sample 92 (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 75409: 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
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium vidali cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Zaria caroli turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis horn snail
listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium sp. Cossmann 1889 snail
listed as Granulolabium sp.
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Streptochetus (Streptochetus) minimus snail
listed as Streptochetus (S.) minimus
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam