Table 1. Occurrences of fossil assemblages representing dense populations of epifaunal suspension-feeders in the Telm units of the La Meseta Formation.

	Echinoderms			Brachiopods
Telm	Ophiura	Metacrinus	Notocrinus	Bouchardia
7	8	4	1	12
Upper 6†	1	0	0	5
Lower 6‡	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	7
4	0	0	0	6
3	0	0	0	3
2	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	2

^†Upper third of Telm 6, from ∼41 to ∼39 Ma.

^‡Lower two-thirds of Telm 6, before the cooling event at ∼41 Ma.