Figols-Castigaleu sequence G2, facies 6, sample 97: Ypresian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Pachychilidae
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Faunus castigalei
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Sigmesalia fasciata
(Lamarck 1804)
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94 individuals | |||||||||
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Turritella peraubensis
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444 individuals | |||||||||
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Zaria caroli
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128 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis ancillaroides
Deshayes 1824
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10 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamididae indet.
(Adams and Adams 1854)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Potamidinae | ||||||||||
| listed as Potamididae indet. | ||||||||||
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Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis | ||||||||||
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Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae
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1 individual | |||||||||
| listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae | ||||||||||
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Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
| listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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"Bittium" plicatulum
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| listed as "Bittium" plicatulum" | ||||||||||
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Bittium semigranulosum
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Cerithium vidali
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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14 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Eopleurotoma flexicosta
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia sp.
Gray 1847
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Crommium intermedia
(Deshayes 1832)
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26 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Peraubium vidali
Cossmann 1906
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia minuta
Leymerie 1846
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Varicorbula sp.
Grant and Gale 1931
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64 individuals | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bicorbula sp.
Fischer 1887
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
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Veneroida indet.
Gray 1854
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Veneroidei | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Veneridae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| listed as Veneridae sp. B | ||||||||||
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Pitar sp.
Römer 1857
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardiidae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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1 individual | |||||||||
| listed as Cardidae | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Gari elongata
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea multicostata
Deshayes 1832
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9 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Cubitostrea multicostata | ||||||||||
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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12 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: | 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: | 75414 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-08 18:38:22 | 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] |