Figols-Castigaleu sequence G2, facies 7, sample 94 (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 75411: 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
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet., Gantechinobathra vulcanica, ? Cerithidea sp., Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis, Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
listed as Potamididae indet.
? Cerithidea sp. Swainson 1840 horn snail
listed as Cerithidea? sp.
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis horn snail
listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium sp.
Granulolabium sp. Cossmann 1889 snail
listed as Granulolabium sp.
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Faunus castigalei
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium semigranulosum
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zaria caroli, Sigmesalia fasciata
Zaria caroli turret shell
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritonidea sp.
Tritonidea sp. Sowerby 1842 true whelk
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Pseudomiltha corbarica
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam