Figols-Castigaleu sequence A4, facies 8, sample 58 (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 75375: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Pseudamauridae indet.
listed as large Pseudamauridae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
  -
Peraubium vidali Cossmann 1906 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium (Granulolabium) figarolense snail
listed as Granulolabium (G.) figarolense
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
listed as Strepsidura n.sp.
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Loxocardium sp. Cossmann 1886 cockle
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula sp., "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam