Sousci Creek: Piacenzian, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra cf. haitensis
Dall 1895
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recombined as Terebra (Oreoterebra) haitensis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta alfaroi
Dall 1912
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris jamaicensis
Dall 1898
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recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callocardia gatunensis
(Dall 1903)
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recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis | |||||||
Clementia dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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recombined as Clementia (Clementia) dariena | |||||||
Chione mactropsis
(Conrad 1855)
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recombined as Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele sayi
Toula 1909
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Costa Rica |
Coordinates: | 9.7° North, 82.8° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 9.6° North, 82.3° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 2.9 Ma (other)3.6 to 2.2 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Banano | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations; direct date extrapolated from Bybell (1999) and Collins et al. (1999). 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: | 134659 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-10-12 06:01:28 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-10-12 06:01:28 |
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] |