Figols-Castigaleu sequence B2, facies 1, sample 15 (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: interdistributary bay; poorly lithified mudstone and poorly lithified sandstone

• shown on figure as facies M2, which consists of "Mudstones and fine-grained sandstones... Bioturbated... Tidal flat, interdistributary bay": shown on supplemental figure as mostly mangrove

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 75332: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonos) orengae horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (Eotymp.) orengae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Mellevillia gibbosula" = Fastigiella (Mellevillia), Bittium richei
"Mellevillia gibbosula" = Fastigiella (Mellevillia) cerith snail
Bittium richei cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
listed as Ostrea sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam