Figols-Castigaleu sequence I3, facies 7, sample 99 (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 sandstone

• shown on figure as facies S5, which consists of "Hybrid, coarse-and medium-grained sandstones... Cross-bedded, nodular, massive, or bioturbated... Foreshore, 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 75416: 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
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis) hispanica
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Campanile giganteum
Campanile giganteum Lamarck 1804 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp.
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp.
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
listed as large Venericardia
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet., Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
listed as irregular echinoids
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
listed as regular echinoids