Figols-Castigaleu sequence B2, facies 3, sample 27 (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 75344: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula decipiens" = Angaria
"Delphinula decipiens" = Angaria snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Streptochetus (Streptochetus) minimus snail
listed as Streptochetus (S.) minimus
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Tibia (Chedevillia) sp. Röding 1798 true conch
listed as Tibia (Chedevillia) sp.
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Zaria caroli turret shell
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam