Figols-Castigaleu sequence I3, facies 4, sample 90: Ypresian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Pachychilidae
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Faunus castigalei
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis | ||||||||||
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Gantechinobathra vulcanica
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis
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83 individuals | |||||||||
| listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis | ||||||||||
| 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: | 75407 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-08 18:37:14 | 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] |