Figols-Castigaleu sequence C2, facies 8, sample 69 (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

• shown on figure as facies M3m, which consists of "Mudstones and fine-grained sandstones... Bioturbated... Shelfal lobes (sandstones), prodelta, inner shelf (mudstones)": shown on supplemental figure as mostly delta or seagrass, the latter from a subtidal muddy bottom

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 75386: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
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Peraubium vidali Cossmann 1906 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zaria caroli turret shell
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Vermicularia staadti turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium (Granulolabium) figarolense snail
listed as Granulolabium (G.) figarolense
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
listed as Ostrea sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Loxocardium sp. Cossmann 1886 cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758