Where: Spain (42.3° N, 0.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 33.5° N, 6.6° E (Wright 2013)
• 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
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 75353: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Delphinula decipiens" = Angaria
"Delphinula decipiens" = Angaria snail | |
Crommium intermedia Deshayes 1832 moon snail | |
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute | |
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Diastoma variculosum snail | |
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Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Turritella peraubensis turret shell
Zaria caroli turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box |