Where: Costa Rica (8.0° N, 82.9° W: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 82.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Charco Azul Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Charco Azul Formation (Olsson 1942), which unconformably underlies the Armurelles Fm (Pleistocene). AGE: Pliocene as it is overlain by very different Pleistocene fauna Age supported by other sources, including Collins and Coates (1999). Correlated to Jama and Canoa Formations of Ecuador.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, tuffaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTORS: Collected by Mr Terry. REPOSITORIES: Collections reposited at PRI.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1942. Tertiary and Quaternary fossils from Burica Peninsula of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 27(106):1-106 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 66796: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) davidana n. sp." = Saccella davidana, Nuculana iphigenia
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) davidana n. sp." = Saccella davidana Olsson 1942 pointed nut clam | |
"Acila isthmica" = Acila (Acila) isthmica
"Acila isthmica" = Acila (Acila) isthmica Brown and Pilsbry 1911 divaricate nutclam SUBSPECIES: A. isthmica burica
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"Periploma planiuscula" = Periploma (Periploma) planiuscula
"Periploma planiuscula" = Periploma (Periploma) planiuscula Sowerby I 1834 clam | |
"Cardium (Trigoniocardia) spiekeri" = Apiocardia spiekeri
"Cardium (Trigoniocardia) spiekeri" = Apiocardia spiekeri Hanna and Israelsky 1925 cockle | |
"Macoma (Macoploma) medioamericana n. sp." = Macoma (Psammacoma) ecuadoriana
"Macoma (Macoploma) medioamericana n. sp." = Macoma (Psammacoma) ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 tellin clam | |
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
"Corbula ovulata" = Caryocorbula ovulata
"Corbula ovulata" = Caryocorbula ovulata Sowerby 1835 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Marginella sapotilla" = Prunum (Prunum) sapotilla
"Marginella sapotilla" = Prunum (Prunum) sapotilla Hinds 1844 margin shell | |
"Oliva (Agaronia) testacea" = Agaronia testacea
"Oliva (Agaronia) testacea" = Agaronia testacea Lamarck 1811 snail | |
Oliva venulata olive snail
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Conus cf. patriceus cone shell
Conus pyriformis Reeve 1843 cone shell
Conus regularis Sowerby 1841 cone shell | |
Terebra luctuosa auger snail | |
Nassa (Arcularia) puntablacoensis Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 snail | |
"Strombina ecuadoriana" = Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana, "Strombina recurva" = Strombina (Recurvina) recurva, Columbella major
"Strombina ecuadoriana" = Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 snail
"Strombina recurva" = Strombina (Recurvina) recurva Sowerby 1832 snail
Columbella major snail | |
"Phos (Antillophos) rutschi n. sp." = Antillophos (Antillophos) rutschi
"Phos (Antillophos) rutschi n. sp." = Antillophos (Antillophos) rutschi Olsson 1942 true whelk | |
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell | |
"Cypropterina pustulata" = Jenneria pustulata
"Cypropterina pustulata" = Jenneria pustulata Solander 1786 Jenner's Cowry | |
Natica broderipiana Récluz 1844 moon snail
"Polinices recluzianus" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
Polinices panamensis moon snail |