Figols-Castigaleu sequence C1, facies 1, sample 29: Ypresian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Angaria doncieuxi
1 individual
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata (Lamarck 1804)
1 individual
Turritella peraubensis
51 individuals
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia (Deshayes 1832)
1 individual
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes parisiensis (Mayer-Eymar 1877)
4 individuals
Streptochetus (Streptochetus) minimus
1 individual
listed as Streptochetus (S.) minimus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
1 individual
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. FĂ©russac 1822
1 individual
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
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: 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
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:75346
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-08 18:28:55 Last modified:2007-10-09 13:54:59
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]