Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.2° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 82.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134673: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Xenophora conchyliophora Born 1780 carrier shell | |
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Marginella musacina Olsson 1922 margin shell | |
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Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912 volute | |
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Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850 olive snail | |
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Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Alectrion merenda n. sp.
Alectrion merenda n. sp. Olsson 1922 snail | |
"Phos moorei" = Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei
"Phos moorei" = Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk SUBSPECIES: Phos moorei costaricensis
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"Astralium brevispinum" = Lithopoma brevispinum
"Astralium brevispinum" = Lithopoma brevispinum Lamarck 1822 snail SUBSPECIES: Astralium brevispinum basalis
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"Calliostoma mancinella" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella
"Calliostoma mancinella" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella Olsson 1922 top snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Amusium luna" = Amusium toulae, "Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis" = Argopecten uselmae
"Amusium luna" = Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis" = Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 calico scallop | |
Limopsis monilis n. sp.
Limopsis monilis n. sp. Olsson 1922 clam | |
"Glycymeris decussatus" = Glycymeris decussata, "Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, "Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris decussatus" = Glycymeris decussata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam | |
"Arca (Scapharca) auriculata" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis, "Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis
"Arca (Scapharca) auriculata" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis Röding 1798 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis Maury 1917 ark SUBSPECIES: Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis medioamericana
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"Phacoides (Here) trisulcatus" = Cavilinga trisulcata
"Phacoides (Here) trisulcatus" = Cavilinga trisulcata Conrad 1841 clam | |
"Gafrarium limonensis" = Gouldia insularis, "Chione mactropsis" = Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis
"Gafrarium limonensis" = Gouldia insularis Dall and Simpson 1901 venus clam
"Chione mactropsis" = Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis Conrad 1855 venus clam | |
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Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box | |
"Crassatellites reevei" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei
"Crassatellites reevei" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei Gabb 1873 clam | |
"Cardita matima n. sp." = Carditamera matima
"Cardita matima n. sp." = Carditamera matima Olsson 1922 clam | |