Red Cliff Creek: Pliocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina viridemaris (Maury 1917)
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Sistrum nodulosum (Adams 1845)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Acteocina recta (d'Orbigny 1845)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Dolium (Malea) elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
    = Malea ringens Swainson 1822
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus marginatus Sowerby 1839
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella avena Kiener 1834
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex messorius Sowerby 1841
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella goliath Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
    = Aphera sp. Adams and Adams 1854
Landau et al. 2012
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita nereidis Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula oropendula Olsson 1922
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limaea solida (Dall 1898)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Pecten aotus Olsson 1922
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata (Gabb 1873)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
unclassified
Glycymeris lloydsmithi Brown and Pilsbry 1917
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 83.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.6° North, 82.4° West (Wright 2013)
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: 5.333 - 2.58 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:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-10-12 05:52:28
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]