Where: Costa Rica (9.8° N, 82.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 82.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-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 134656: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Alaba turrita Guppy 1896 snail | |
"Phos estrellensis" = Antillophos estrellensis
"Phos estrellensis" = Antillophos estrellensis Olsson 1922 true whelk | |
Alectrion ranuncula Olsson 1922 snail
Alectrion losquemadica Maury 1917 snail | |
Strombina matima Olsson 1922 snail | |
"Drillia estrellana n. sp." = Agladrillia (Agladrillia) estrellana
"Drillia estrellana n. sp." = Agladrillia (Agladrillia) estrellana Olsson 1922 snail | |
Terebra estrellana Olsson 1922 auger snail
Terebra costaricensis Olsson 1922 auger snail | |
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912 volute | |
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell | |
Ringicula dominicana Maury 1917 snail | |
Acteocina recta d'Orbigny 1845 barrel-bubble | |
Bivalvia | |
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
Chione rowleei Olsson 1922 venus clam | |
"Mactra estrellana" = Harvella elegans
"Mactra estrellana" = Harvella elegans Sowerby 1825 clam | |
"Labiosa lineata" = Anatina anatina
"Labiosa lineata" = Anatina anatina Spengler 1802 clam | |
"Cardium heredium" = Trigoniocardia heredia
"Cardium heredium" = Trigoniocardia heredia Olsson 1922 cockle | |
"Tellina (Scissula) cercadica" = Temnoconcha cercadica
"Tellina (Scissula) cercadica" = Temnoconcha cercadica Maury 1917 tellin clam |