Figols-Castigaleu sequence D1, facies 7, sample 79 (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

• 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

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 75396: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula sp., "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp.
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet.
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
listed as Cardidae
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria victoriae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet.
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp.
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Faunus castigalei
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella peraubensis, Sigmesalia fasciata
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Diastoma variculosum
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes sp.
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Crommium intermedia
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella sp.
Solariella sp. Wood 1842 snail