Figols-Castigaleu sequence C1, facies 3, sample 37: Ypresian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Tremppotamides tactospira
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Delphinula decipiens
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1 individual | |||||||||
synonym of Angaria | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Zaria caroli
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis ancillaroides
Deshayes 1824
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Gantechinobathra vulcanica
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1 individual | |||||||||
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae
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35 individuals | |||||||||
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Batillariidae
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Cerithium maccus
Oppenheim 1901
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Granulolabium maccus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lapparia musicalis
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Crommium intermedia
(Deshayes 1832)
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19 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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8 individuals | |||||||||
listed as Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
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: | interdistributary bay |
Geology comments: shown on figure as facies M2, which consists of "Mudstones and fine-grained sandstones... Bioturbated... Tidal flat, interdistributary bay": shown on supplemental figure as mostly mangrove |
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: | 75354 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-10-08 18:29:53 | Last modified: | 2007-10-09 13:50:49 |
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] |