Figols-Castigaleu sequence C1, facies 5, sample 28 (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: deep subtidal ramp; lithified limestone

• shown on figure as facies C1, which consists of "Carbonates (wackestone, packstone, rudstone)... Nodular, massive, or bioturbatedd... Outer ramp"

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 75345: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Pseudamauridae indet.
listed as large Pseudamauridae
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
listed as irregular echinoids
Cephalopoda
  -
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Autobranchia -
Pterioida indet. Newell 1965 clam
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam