Boucary Creek: Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella altilira
Conrad 1857
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recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Turritella altilira costaricensis | ||||||||||
Turritella gatunensis
Conrad 1857
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra berlinerae
Maury 1917
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recombined as Strioterebrum berlinerae | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitaria boucaryensis n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Lamelliconcha boucaryensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra (Mactrella) exoleta
(Garay 1837)
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recombined as Mactrellona exoleta | ||||||||||
Mactra (Mactrella) alata
(Spengler 1802)
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recombined as Mactrellona alata | ||||||||||
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 - 2.58800 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: | 134665 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-10-12 06:27:02 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-10-12 06:27:02 |
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] |