Where: Costa Rica (10.2° N, 83.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 83.2° 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
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 134669: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella altilira chiriquiensis
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Conus granozonatus Guppy 1866 cone shell | |
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912 volute | |
"Cypraea cinerea" = Cypraea (Luria) cinerea
"Cypraea cinerea" = Cypraea (Luria) cinerea Martini 1769 cowry | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis" = Argopecten uselmae
"Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis" = Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 calico scallop | |
Ostrea costaricensis Olsson 1922 oyster | |
"Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis
"Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis Maury 1917 ark SUBSPECIES: Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis medioamericana
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Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam |