PBDB Collection

Figols-Castigaleu sequence G2, facies 6, sample 97 (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 75414: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
-	Peraubium vidali Peraubium vidali Cossmann 1906 snail
Cerithioidea - Potamididae	Potamididae indet., Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae, Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis, Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail listed as Potamididae indet. Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae horn snail listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis horn snail listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis horn snail listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Cerithium vidali, "Bittium" plicatulum, Bittium semigranulosum Cerithium vidali cerith snail "Bittium" plicatulum cerith snail listed as "Bittium" plicatulum" Bittium semigranulosum cerith snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella peraubensis, Zaria caroli, Sigmesalia fasciata Turritella peraubensis turret shell Zaria caroli turret shell Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae	Melanopsis ancillaroides Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824 snail
Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae	Faunus castigalei Faunus castigalei snail
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Volutidae indet. Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Eopleurotoma flexicosta Eopleurotoma flexicosta turrid
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Crommium intermedia, Lunatia sp. Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
Bivalvia
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp., "Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster listed as Ostrea sp. "Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Bicorbula sp., "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Cardiida -	"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei "Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Veneridae indet., Pitar sp. Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam listed as Veneridae sp. B Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardiidae indet. Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle listed as Cardidae
Cardiida - Psammobiidae	Gari elongata Gari elongata clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia minuta Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam