Figols-Castigaleu sequence F1, facies 7, sample 84 (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 75401: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Tremppotamides tactospira
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Cupuladria sp.
Cupuladria sp. Canu and Basler 1919
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata, Turritella peraubensis, Zaria caroli
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Zaria caroli turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Faunus castigalei
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) morillensis horn snail
listed as Cerithidea (C.) morillensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia, "Amauropsella" sp., Lunatia sp.
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
"Amauropsella" sp. Chelot 1885 moon snail
listed as "Amauropsella"
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma pirenaica
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olividae indet.
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes sp.
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet., Brachidontes sp.
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
listed as Brachidontes nov. sp.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet.
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
listed as Veneridae sp. A
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula sp., "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Pseudomiltha corbarica
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam