Figols-Castigaleu sequence C2, facies 7, sample 71 (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 75388: 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
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp.
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet., Loxocardium sp.
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
listed as Cardidae
Loxocardium sp. Cossmann 1886 cockle
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari elongata
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet.
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
listed as Veneridae sp. A
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 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.
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Faunus castigalei
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet.
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
listed as Potamididae indet.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata, Turritella peraubensis
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell