Red Cliff Creek: Pliocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula dominicana Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Chlorostoma (Neomphalius) costaricensis Olsson 1922
Calliostoma mancinella Olsson 1922
recombined as Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Phasianella mollis Olsson 1922
recombined as Tricolia mollis
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo saltus Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Sistrum nodulosum (Adams 1845)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina recta (d'Orbigny 1845)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina viridemaris (Maury 1917)
recombined as Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium costaricensis n. sp. Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita nereidis Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina costaricensis Olsson 1922
recombined as Strombina (Lirastrombina) costaricensis
SUBSPECIES: Strombina costaricensis musanica
Columbella submercatoria n. sp. Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Northia northiae (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon 1833)
SUBSPECIES: Northia northiae miocenica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Aphera) islacolonis Maury 1917
    = Aphera sp. Adams and Adams 1854
Landau et al. 2012
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus marginatus Sowerby 1839
recombined as Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus
Conus musaensis Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Oliva testacea Lamarck 1811
recombined as Agaronia testacea
SUBSPECIES: Oliva testacea costaricensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella goliath Olsson 1922
recombined as Olivella (Toroliva) goliath
Olivella muticoides (Gabb 1873)
recombined as Olivella (Olivella) muticoides
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella avena Kiener 1834
recombined as Volvarina avena
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex messorius Sowerby 1841
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Dolium (Malea) elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
    = Malea ringens Swainson 1822
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
synonym of Semicassis reclusa
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda davilae Olsson 1922
recombined as Saccella davilae
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula tenuisculpta Gabb 1873
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis Olsson 1922
synonym of Argopecten uselmae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limaea solida (Dall 1898)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Pecten aotus Olsson 1922
synonym of Cyclopecten nanus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata (Gabb 1873)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi (Dall 1912)
recombined as Noetia macdonaldi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis (Maury 1917)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis
SUBSPECIES: Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis medioamericana
Arca (Scapharca) actinophora (Dall 1898)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) actinophora
Arca lloydi Olsson 1922
recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris jamaicensis Dall 1898
recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena rotunda Dall 1915
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione grus (Holmes 1858)
recombined as Timoclea grus
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula oropendula Olsson 1922
recombined as Caryocorbula oropendula
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny 1846)
recombined as Divalinga quadrisulcata
Phacoides radians (Conrad 1841)
replaced by Callucina keenae
SUBSPECIES: Phacoides radians medioamericanus
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Cardita (Glans) scabricostata
unclassified
Glycymeris lloydsmithi Brown and Pilsbry 1917
recombined as Tucetona canalis lloydsmithi
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 83.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.9° North, 82.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data provided.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI.
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and antiquated nomenclature. COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs.
Metadata
Database number:134657
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-10-12 05:52:28 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-10-12 05:52:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43229. A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43491 B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]