PBDB Collection

Figols-Castigaleu sequence A3, facies 8, sample 56 (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 75373: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Terididae indet., Cuismelanatria hispanica, Pseudamauridae indet. Terididae indet. Cuismelanatria hispanica Pseudamauridae indet. listed as large Pseudamauridae
Sedentaria
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Bittium semigranulosum Bittium semigranulosum cerith snail
Cerithioidea - Batillariidae	Granulolabium (Granulolabium) figarolense Granulolabium (Granulolabium) figarolense snail listed as Granulolabium (G.) figarolense
Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae	Faunus castigalei Faunus castigalei snail
Cerithioidea - Potamididae	Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis, Gantechinobathra eseraensis, Gantechinobathra vulcanica Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis horn snail listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis Gantechinobathra eseraensis horn snail Gantechinobathra vulcanica horn snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Sigmesalia fasciata, Zaria caroli, Turritella peraubensis Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell Zaria caroli turret shell Turritella peraubensis turret shell
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Strepsidura sp. Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk listed as Strepsidura n.sp.
Neogastropoda - Olividae	Olividae indet. Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Turridae indet. Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Volutidae indet. Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Lunatia sp., Crommium intermedia Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
Bivalvia
Cardiida - Psammobiidae	Gari elongata Gari elongata clam
Cardiida -	"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei "Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
Pholadida - Corbulidae	"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula), Bicorbula sp. "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia minuta Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster listed as Ostrea sp.