Quebrada Penitas [Penita Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Polinices) cf. panamensis
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Natica broderipiana
Récluz 1844
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina ecuadoriana
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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| recombined as Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana | ||||||||||
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Strombina recurva
(Sowerby 1832)
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| recombined as Strombina (Recurvina) recurva | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Strombinophos loripanus
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Cantharus elegans
(Guppy 1866)
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| recombined as Antillophos elegans | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Peruclia) bulbulus
Sowerby 1832
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| recombined as Cancellaria (Pyruclia) bulbulus | ||||||||||
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ventricosa
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) penita n. sp.
Olsson 1942
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra (Strioterebrum) cracilenta
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| original and current combination Strioterebrum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula dulcia n. sp.
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Turricula (Knefastia) andesita n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus regularis
Sowerby 1841
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Conus arcuatus
Sowerby 1829
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| SUBSPECIES: C. arcuatus vacuanus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Oliva (Agaronia) testacea
Lamarck 1811
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| recombined as Agaronia testacea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva spicata
Durham 1950
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Thais cf. biserialis
(de Blainville 1832)
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Vitularia cf. salebrosa
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Typhis (Talityphis) costaricensis n. sp.
Olsson 1942
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| replaced by Typhis (Talityphis) olssoni | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio decussatus
(Valenciennes 1832)
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| recombined as Distorsio decussata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa nana
(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
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| recombined as Marsupina nana | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: B. nana jamanensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira sp.
Swainson 1840
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus cf. purpuratus
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Mexicardia) procerum
Sowerby 1833
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| recombined as Mexicardia procera | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Lamelliconcha) rosea
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella gibbosa
(Sowerby 1832)
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| recombined as Hybolophus gibbosus | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 8.2° North, 83.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.1° North, 82.5° 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: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Charco Azul | Formation: | Penita | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Charco Azul Formation (Olsson 1942), which unconformably underlies the Armurelles Fm (Pleistocene). AGE: Pliocene as it is overlain by very different Pleistocene fauna Age supported by other sources, including Collins and Coates (1999). Correlated to Jama and Canoa Formations of Ecuador. STRAIGRAPHIC POSITION: From basal part of formation, only a short distance above basement andesite. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous unlithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Soft tuffaceous shale. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, base on figured specimens and lithologic description. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deposited in deeper waters, probably between 100 and 400 fathoms. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Presumably collected by A.A. Olsson. REPOSITORIES: Collections reposited at PRI. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: An authoratative publication, although somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and subgeneric classification. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 66793 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-16 10:15:54 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-16 10:15:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17423. | A. A. Olsson. 1942. Tertiary and Quaternary fossils from Burica Peninsula of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 27(106):1-106 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |