Red Cliff 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: 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
• 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 134657: 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 | |
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Turbo saltus Olsson 1922 snail | |
"Phasianella mollis" = Tricolia mollis
"Phasianella mollis" = Tricolia mollis Olsson 1922 snail | |
Chlorostoma (Neomphalius) costaricensis, "Calliostoma mancinella" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella
Chlorostoma (Neomphalius) costaricensis Olsson 1922 top snail
"Calliostoma mancinella" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella Olsson 1922 top snail | |
Cerithium costaricensis n. sp.
Cerithium costaricensis n. sp. Olsson 1922 cerith snail | |
Oliva brevispira, "Olivella muticoides" = Olivella (Olivella) muticoides, "Olivella goliath" = Olivella (Toroliva) goliath
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873 olive snail
"Olivella muticoides" = Olivella (Olivella) muticoides Gabb 1873 olive snail
"Olivella goliath" = Olivella (Toroliva) goliath Olsson 1922 olive snail | |
"Oliva testacea" = Agaronia testacea
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Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912 volute | |
"Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus, "Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius
"Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail
"Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail | |
"Marginella avena" = Volvarina avena
"Marginella avena" = Volvarina avena Kiener 1834 margin shell | |
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"Strombina costaricensis" = Strombina (Lirastrombina) costaricensis, Columbella submercatoria n. sp.
"Strombina costaricensis" = Strombina (Lirastrombina) costaricensis Olsson 1922 snail SUBSPECIES: Strombina costaricensis musanica
Columbella submercatoria n. sp. Olsson 1922 snail | |
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"Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus, Conus musaensis
"Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus Sowerby 1839 cone shell
Conus musaensis Olsson 1922 cone shell | |
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"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa Guppy 1873 snail | |
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Neverita nereidis Maury 1917 moon snail | |
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Sistrum nodulosum Adams 1845 snail | |
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Acteocina recta d'Orbigny 1845 barrel-bubble | |
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Ringicula dominicana Maury 1917 snail | |
"Neritina viridemaris" = Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris
"Neritina viridemaris" = Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris Maury 1917 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Nucula tenuisculpta" = Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta
"Nucula tenuisculpta" = Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta Gabb 1873 nut clam | |
"Leda davilae" = Saccella davilae
"Leda davilae" = Saccella davilae Olsson 1922 pointed nut clam | |
"Venericardia scabricostata" = Cardita (Glans) scabricostata
"Venericardia scabricostata" = Cardita (Glans) scabricostata Guppy 1866 clam | |
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata, "Phacoides radians" = Callucina keenae
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
"Phacoides radians" = Callucina keenae Chavan 1971 clam SUBSPECIES: Phacoides radians medioamericanus
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"Corbula oropendula" = Caryocorbula oropendula
"Corbula oropendula" = Caryocorbula oropendula Olsson 1922 clam | |
"Chione grus" = Timoclea grus
"Chione grus" = Timoclea grus Holmes 1858 venus clam | |
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Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
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Gastrochaena rotunda Dall 1915 clam | |
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam | |
"Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi" = Noetia macdonaldi
"Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi" = Noetia macdonaldi Dall 1912 clam | |
"Arca lloydi" = Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi, "Arca (Scapharca) actinophora" = Anadara (Rasia) actinophora, "Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis
"Arca lloydi" = Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi Olsson 1922 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) actinophora" = Anadara (Rasia) actinophora Dall 1898 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis Maury 1917 ark SUBSPECIES: Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis medioamericana
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Pteria inornata Gabb 1873 pearl oyster | |
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Limaea solida Dall 1898 file clam | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis" = Argopecten uselmae
"Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis" = Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 calico scallop | |
"Pecten aotus" = Cyclopecten nanus
"Pecten aotus" = Cyclopecten nanus Verrill and Bush 1897 mud scallop | |
| Tucetona canalis | |
"Glycymeris lloydsmithi" = Tucetona canalis lloydsmithi
"Glycymeris lloydsmithi" = Tucetona canalis lloydsmithi Brown and Pilsbry 1917 | |