Where: Costa Rica (9.7° N, 82.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 82.2° 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 134680: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam | |
"Arca cacica n. sp." = Anadara (Cunearca) cacica
"Arca cacica n. sp." = Anadara (Cunearca) cacica Olsson 1922 ark | |
"Venericardia scabricostata" = Cardita (Glans) scabricostata
"Venericardia scabricostata" = Cardita (Glans) scabricostata Guppy 1866 clam | |
Protocardia costaricensis n. sp.
Protocardia costaricensis n. sp. Olsson 1922 cockle | |
"Antigona blandiana" = Ventricolaria blandiana
"Antigona blandiana" = Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912 volute | |
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell | |
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Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846 worm shell |