Figols-Castigaleu sequence C2, facies 7, sample 73 (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 75390: 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
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
listed as individual anthozoa
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zaria caroli turret shell
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
"Benoistea bofilli" = Benoistia
"Benoistea bofilli" = Benoistia snail
listed as Benoistia bofilli
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. FĂ©russac 1822 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula), Bicorbula sp.
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
listed as Veneridae sp. A
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
listed as Tellinidae spp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
listed as Cardidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
listed as Brachidontes nov. sp.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam