Contact Cut, reef stage 3, back-reef: Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gracilior Sowerby 1825
recombined as Strombus (Strombus) gracilior
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus perplexus Sowerby 1857
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris delessertii (Reeve 1843)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis tropicalis Hertlein and Strong 1955
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Dichocoenia eminens Weisbord 1974
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus 1758)
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus 1758)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander 1786)
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 83.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.8° North, 82.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Quebrada Chocolate Member:Buenos Aires
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 3.7-3.6 Ma, late Early-early Late Pliocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: mixed carbonate–siliciclastic back reef coral patch facies
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: stage 3: strong siliciclastic input, transition fringing to barrier reef, close to coast, max. waterdepth 20 m
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3597
Database number:124271
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-02-10 02:39:50 Last modified:2012-02-09 09:39:50
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-02-10 02:39:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
40044. T. Bauch, J. J. G. Reijmer, D. F. McNeill and P. Schäfer. 2011. Development of a Pliocene mixed-carbonate siliciclastic reef (Limon, Costa Rica). Sedimentary Geology 239:37-47 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]