Figols-Castigaleu sequence B1, facies 7, sample 60 (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 75377: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda sp. Thiele 1925 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
listed as Brachidontes nov. sp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
listed as Veneridae sp. A
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
listed as Veneridae sp. B
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. FĂ©russac 1822 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758