Rio La Vaca, Burica Peninsula [Charco Azul Fm]: Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula onyx
Sowerby 1824
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) hispidium
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella tigrina
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva araneosa
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cymatophos panamensis n. sp.
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Strombinophos loripanus
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Metula pilsbryi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassa (Aricularia) puntablacoensis
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus sp.
Monfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina ecuadoriana n. sp.
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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recombined as Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana | ||||||||||
Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) sp.
(Pilsbry and Olsson 1941)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus puncticulatus
Hwass 1792
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= Conasprella sp.
Thiele 1929
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Hendy 2020 | |||||||||
Conus puncticulatus [=Conasprella puncticulata] is a Caribbean species. | ||||||||||
Conus emarginatus
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Conus pyriformis
Reeve 1843
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Conus arcuatus
Sowerby 1829
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SUBSPECIES: C. arcuatus vacuanus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra (Terebra) lingualis
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Terebra (Terebra) robusta
Hinds 1844
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recombined as Terebra (Panaterebra) robusta | ||||||||||
Terebra (Strioterebrum) aspera
Hinds 1843
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recombined as Terebra (Myurella) aspera | ||||||||||
Terebra (Strioterebrum) vaca n. sp.
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original and current combination Strioterebrum | ||||||||||
Terebra (Strioterebrum) cracilenta
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original and current combination Strioterebrum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Euclia) pacifica
(Anderson 1905)
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original and current combination Cancellaria pacifica | ||||||||||
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) urceolata
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio decussatus
(Valenciennes 1832)
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recombined as Distorsio decussata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa nana
(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
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recombined as Marsupina nana | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: B. nana jamaicensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Neverita) glauca
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original and current combination Neverita | ||||||||||
Natica broderipana
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Circulus sp.
Jeffreys 1842
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica nobilis
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia reversa
(Sowerby 1833)
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SUBSPECIES: Noetia reversa magma | ||||||||||
= Noetia (Noetia) magna
MacNeil 1938
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Keen 1971 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Cunearca) nux
Sowerby I 1833
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recombined as Anadara nux | ||||||||||
Arca (Argina) brevifrons
Sowerby I 1833
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recombined as Lunarca brevifrons | ||||||||||
Arca (Scapharca) obesa
Sowerby 1833
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recombined as Anadara obesa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Placuanomia sp.
(Broderip 1832)
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original and current combination Placunanomia | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten tumbezensis
d'Orbigny 1846
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recombined as Leptopecten tumbezensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella ecuadoriana
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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synonym of Crenella decussata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divaricella lucasana
Dall and Oschner 1928
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synonym of Divalinga eburnea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma sp.
Schumacher 1816
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Periploma planiuscula
Sowerby I 1834
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recombined as Periploma (Periploma) planiuscula | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula ovulata
Sowerby 1835
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recombined as Caryocorbula ovulata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama (Echinochama) californica
Dall 1903
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recombined as Arcinella californica | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Pitarella) sp.
(Palmer 1927)
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synonym of Agriopoma | ||||||||||
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) concinna
(Sowerby 1835)
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recombined as Pitaria concinna | ||||||||||
Macrocallista sp.
Meek 1876
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Chione (Lirophora) kelletti
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original and current combination Lirophora | ||||||||||
Chione (Lirophora) mariae
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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recombined as Lirophora mariae | ||||||||||
Chione (Chione) cf. amathusia
(Philippi 1844)
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recombined as Chionopsis amathusia | ||||||||||
Dosinia grandis
Nelson 1870
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synonym of Dosinia ponderosa | ||||||||||
Chione (Chione) vaca n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anatinellidae
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Labiosa undulata
(Gould 1851)
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recombined as Raeta undulata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Mexicardia) procerum
Sowerby 1833
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recombined as Mexicardia procera | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus (Mesopleura) peruvianus
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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recombined as Tagelus peruvianus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Strigilla sp.
Turton 1822
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Tellina (Eurytellina) ecuadoriana
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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synonym of Tellina (Eurytellina) regia | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella sp.
Guppy 1874
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Eucrassatella gibbosa
(Sowerby 1832)
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recombined as Hybolophus gibbosus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula iphigenia
Dall 1896
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recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: N. iphigenia azulensis | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Costa Rica |
Coordinates: | 8.6° North, 83.0° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 8.6° North, 83.0° 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
Formation: | Charco Azul | ||||
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: About 300 ft above the basal sandstones. |
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: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | PRI |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Collected by Mr Terry. 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: | 66795 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-10-16 10:19:29 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-16 10:19:29 |
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] |
Secondary references:
63217 | A. J. W. Hendy. 2020. Unpublished taxonomic backbone for Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
32800 | A. M. Keen. 1971. Sea Shells of Tropical West America 1-1064 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |