Also known as Reef 3598
Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 82.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lomas del Mar Member (Moin Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• 1.9-1.5 Ma
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. F. Budd, K. G. Johnson, T. A. Stemann and B. H. Tompkins. 1999. Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:119-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71728: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Agaricia undata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral |