Figols-Castigaleu sequence FG?, facies 6, sample 44 (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 75361: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudamauridae indet.
Pseudamauridae indet.
listed as large Pseudamauridae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet., Brachidontes sp.
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
listed as Brachidontes nov. sp.
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet., Barbatia sp.
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Pseudomiltha corbarica
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet.
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
listed as Cardidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet., "Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
listed as Tellinidae spp.
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet.
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
listed as Veneridae sp. A
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbinidae indet.
Turbinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda sp.
Archaeogastropoda sp. Thiele 1925 snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium sp.
Granulolabium sp. Cossmann 1889 snail
listed as Granulolabium sp.
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet., Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae, Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis, Gantechinobathra eseraensis, Gantechinobathra vulcanica
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
listed as Potamididae indet.
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella peraubensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Amauropsella" sp., Crommium intermedia
"Amauropsella" sp. Chelot 1885 moon snail
listed as "Amauropsella"
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olividae indet.
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet., Volutilithes sp.
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae
Terebellum (Seraps) eratoides
Terebellum (Seraps) eratoides Cossmann 1889 snail