Figols-Castigaleu sequence B2, facies 3, sample 26: Ypresian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata (Lamarck 1804)
28 individuals
Zaria caroli
6 individuals
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae
24 individuals
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Tibia (Chedevillia) sp. Röding 1798
10 individuals
listed as Tibia (Chedevillia) sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825
1 individual
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes parisiensis (Mayer-Eymar 1877)
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829
2 individuals
Lapparia musicalis
7 individuals
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia (Deshayes 1832)
45 individuals
Gastropoda - Newtoniellidae
Halloysia (Trypanaxis) aperta
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832
4 individuals
recombined as Cubitostrea multicostata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846
10 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 42.3° North, 0.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.6° North, 2.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: late Ypresian: chrons C23r through C22n and NP zones 12 and 13
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: 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
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:75343
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-08 18:28:16 Last modified:2007-10-09 13:53:45
Access level:the public
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25442. 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]