Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 82.8° 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 and lithified siltstone
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 71779: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Diploria labyrinthiformis, Colpophyllia sp., Colpophyllia natans, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, "Manicina mayori" = Manicina areolata
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Manicina mayori" = Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Meandrina meandrites, "Dichocoenia stokesi" = Dichocoenia stokesi, "Dichocoenia stellaris" = Dichocoenia stokesi
Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Dichocoenia stokesi" = Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Dichocoenia stellaris" = Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Montastraea franksi Gregory 1895 stony coral
Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites, "Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral |