Saury Creek: Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa crassa
(Dillwyn 1817)
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| synonym of Marsupina bufo | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Phos subsemicostatus
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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| recombined as Cymatophos subsemicostatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra bipartita
Sowerby 1849
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus pugiloides
Guppy 1866
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| synonym of Strombus proximus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda (Adrana) quitanensis
Olsson 1922
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| recombined as Adrana quitanensis | ||||||||||
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Leda balboae
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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| recombined as Saccella balboae | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula cahuitensis n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) cahuitensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula oropendula
Olsson 1922
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| recombined as Caryocorbula oropendula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitaria circinata
(Born 1778)
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| recombined as Lamelliconcha circinata | ||||||||||
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Antigona tarquina
(Dall 1900)
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| recombined as Periglypta tarquinia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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| SUBSPECIES: Mulinia lateralis sauryensis | ||||||||||
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Mactra sincola n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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| recombined as Harvella sincola | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anatinellidae
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Labiosa lineata
(Say 1822)
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| synonym of Anatina anatina | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Scissula) cercadica
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Temnoconcha cercadica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia scabricostata
(Guppy 1866)
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| recombined as Cardita (Glans) scabricostata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca hindsi
Olsson 1922
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| recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi | ||||||||||
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Arca pittieri
(Dall 1912)
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| recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi
(Dall 1912)
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| recombined as Noetia macdonaldi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.7° North, 82.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.6° North, 82.2° 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: | 134660 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-10-12 06:04:03 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-10-12 06:04:03 |
| 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] |