Figols-Castigaleu sequence G1, facies 8, sample 96 (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 75413: 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
Gastropoda
  -
Peraubium vidali Cossmann 1906 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Zaria caroli turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam