Figols-Castigaleu sequence C1, facies 6, sample 41 (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 75358: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
"Cerithium maccus" = Granulolabium maccus Oppenheim 1901 snail
Granulolabium (Granulolabium) figarolense snail
listed as Granulolabium (G.) figarolense
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zaria caroli turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae
Terebellum (Seraps) eratoides Cossmann 1889 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
listed as Strepsidura n.sp.
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
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Peraubium vidali Cossmann 1906 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
listed as Ostrea sp.