Figols-Castigaleu sequence A3, facies 7, sample 54 (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 75371: 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
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula), Bicorbula sp.
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet., Pitar sp.
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
listed as Veneridae sp. B
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari elongata
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Loxocardium sp.
Loxocardium sp. Cossmann 1886 cockle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet., Volutilithes sp.
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olividae indet.
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata, Zaria caroli, Turritella peraubensis
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Zaria caroli turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis ancillaroides
Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet., Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
listed as Potamididae indet.
Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp.
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell