East Grape Point Creek (Pliocene of Costa Rica)

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: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: likely Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations; placed in Early Pliocene by enterer on the basis of Cancellaria anomoia. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• No paleoenvironmental data provided.
• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.

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 134655: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and antiquated nomenclature. COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs.
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Calliostoma mancinella" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella
"Calliostoma mancinella" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella Olsson 1922 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
SUBSPECIES: Turritella altilira chiriquiensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846 worm shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva brevispira, "Olivella muticoides" = Olivella (Olivella) muticoides
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873 olive snail
"Olivella muticoides" = Olivella (Olivella) muticoides Gabb 1873 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
"Oliva mancinella" = Agaronia testacea mancinella
"Oliva mancinella" = Agaronia testacea mancinella Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
"Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria anomoia
Cancellaria anomoia Woodring 1970 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus imitator, "Conus floridanus" = Conus anabathrum, Conus burckhardti
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
"Conus floridanus" = Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865 cone shell
SUBSPECIES: Conus floridanus costaricensis
Conus burckhardti Bose 1906 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia carruca n. sp.
Drillia carruca n. sp. Olsson 1922 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus pugiloides" = Strombus proximus
"Strombus pugiloides" = Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850 conch
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina bullata
Acteocina bullata Kiener 1834 barrel-bubble
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda (Adrana) quitanensis" = Adrana quitanensis, "Leda balboae" = Saccella balboae
"Leda (Adrana) quitanensis" = Adrana quitanensis Olsson 1922 pointed nut clam
"Leda balboae" = Saccella balboae Brown and Pilsbry 1911 pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites (Crassinella) midiensis" = Crassinella midiensis
"Crassatellites (Crassinella) midiensis" = Crassinella midiensis Olsson 1922 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia scabricostata" = Cardita (Glans) scabricostata
"Venericardia scabricostata" = Cardita (Glans) scabricostata Guppy 1866 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Trachycardium) costaricanum n. sp." = Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum costaricanum, "Cardium (Trachycardium) dominicense" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) costaricanum n. sp." = Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum costaricanum Olsson 1922 cockle
"Cardium (Trachycardium) dominicense" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense Gabb 1873 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Angulus) umbra" = Angulus umbra
"Tellina (Angulus) umbra" = Angulus umbra Dall 1900 tellin clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris carbasina, "Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, "Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
Glycymeris carbasina Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca hindsi" = Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi, "Arca umbonata" = Lamarcka imbricata
"Arca hindsi" = Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi Olsson 1922 ark
"Arca umbonata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon, Ostrea costaricensis
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster
Ostrea costaricensis Olsson 1922 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis" = Argopecten uselmae, "Amusium luna" = Amusium toulae
"Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis" = Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 calico scallop
"Amusium luna" = Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
"Pecten oligolepis" = Cyclopecten oligolepis
"Pecten oligolepis" = Cyclopecten oligolepis Brown and Pilsbry 1913 mud scallop
Tucetona canalis
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"Glycymeris lloydsmithi" = Tucetona canalis lloydsmithi
"Glycymeris lloydsmithi" = Tucetona canalis lloydsmithi Brown and Pilsbry 1917