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
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 | |
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral | |
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium nicaraguense Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) nicaraguense Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 cerith snail | |
Conus archon Broderip 1833 cone shell
Conus (Lithoconus) archon Broderip 1833 cone shell | |
Murexiella keenae Vokes 1970 murex snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Chione compta Broderip 1835 venus clam | |
Ensis tropicalis Hertlein and Strong 1955 clam |