Contact Cut, reef stage 2, reef front (Pliocene to of Costa Rica)

Also known as Reef 3597

Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buenos Aires Member (Quebrada Chocolate Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• 3.7-3.6 Ma, late Early-early Late Pliocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and siliciclastic

• stage 2: beginning of siliciclastic input, transition fringing to barrier reef, close to coast, max. water depth 20 m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Bauch, J. J. G. Reijmer, D. F. McNeill and P. Schäfer. 2011. Development of a Pliocene mixed-carbonate siliciclastic reef (Limon, Costa Rica). Sedimentary Geology 239:37-47 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124268: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium nicaraguense Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) nicaraguense Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus archon Broderip 1833 cone shell
Conus (Lithoconus) archon Broderip 1833 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murexiella keenae Vokes 1970 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione compta Broderip 1835 venus clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis tropicalis Hertlein and Strong 1955 clam