Figols-Castigaleu sequence G2, facies 7, sample 94: Ypresian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pseudamauridae indet.
3 individuals
listed as large Pseudamauridae
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846
1 individual
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Pseudomiltha corbarica
3 individuals
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium semigranulosum
1 individual
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Granulolabium sp. Cossmann 1889
1 individual
listed as Granulolabium sp.
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamididae indet. (Adams and Adams 1854)
2 individuals
original and current combination Potamidinae
listed as Potamididae indet.
? Cerithidea sp. Swainson 1840
7 individuals
listed as Cerithidea? sp.
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis
2 individuals
listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae
10 individuals
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
Gantechinobathra vulcanica
6 individuals
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata (Lamarck 1804)
10 individuals
Zaria caroli
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Pachychilidae
Faunus castigalei
8 individuals
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia (Deshayes 1832)
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritonidea sp. Sowerby 1842
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:coastal indet.
Geology comments: 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
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:75411
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-08 18:37:54 Last modified:2007-10-09 13:53:45
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]