Figols-Castigaleu sequence B2, facies 1, sample 15: Ypresian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium richei
1 individual
Mellevillia gibbosula
2 individuals
spelled with current rank as Fastigiella (Mellevillia)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata (Lamarck 1804)
1 individual
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae
50 individuals
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis) hispanica
1 individual
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Vicinocerithium goniophorum
5 individuals
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia (Deshayes 1832)
25 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
listed as Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 42.3° North, 0.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.6° North, 2.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: late Ypresian: chrons C23r through C22n and NP zones 12 and 13
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Environment:interdistributary bay
Geology comments: 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
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:75332
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-08 18:27:11 Last modified:2007-10-09 13:50:49
Access level:the public
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25442. 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]