Figols-Castigaleu sequence A2, facies 6, sample 50 (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 75367: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans Lamarck 1806 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
listed as regular echinoids