Figols-Castigaleu sequence H2, facies 6, sample 98 (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 sandstone

• shown on figure as facies S5, which consists of "Hybrid, coarse-and medium-grained sandstones... Cross-bedded, nodular, massive, or bioturbated... Foreshore, 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 75415: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudamauridae indet.
Pseudamauridae indet.
listed as large Pseudamauridae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet.
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia staadti, Sigmesalia fasciata
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet.
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
listed as Potamididae indet.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet.
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute