Rio Blanco, Burica Peninsula [Charco Azul Fm]: Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana (Jupiteria) davidana n. sp.
Olsson 1942
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| recombined as Saccella davidana | ||||||||||
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Nuculana iphigenia
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| SUBSPECIES: N. iphigenia zulensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Acila isthmica
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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| recombined as Acila (Acila) isthmica | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: A. isthmica burica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula ovulata
Sowerby 1835
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| recombined as Caryocorbula ovulata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar sp.
Römer 1857
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma (Macoploma) medioamericana n. sp.
(Olsson 1942)
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| synonym of Macoma (Psammacoma) ecuadoriana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Trigoniocardia) spiekeri
Hanna and Israelsky 1925
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| recombined as Apiocardia spiekeri | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma planiuscula
Sowerby I 1834
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| recombined as Periploma (Periploma) planiuscula | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea ringens
(Swainson 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Pediculariidae
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Cypropterina pustulata
(Solander 1786)
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| recombined as Jenneria pustulata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sapotilla
Hinds 1844
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| recombined as Prunum (Prunum) sapotilla | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. decussata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus cf. patriceus
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Conus regularis
Sowerby 1841
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Conus pyriformis
Reeve 1843
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra luctuosa
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella sp.
Swainson 1831
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Oliva venulata
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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
- Perissityidae
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Phos (Antillophos) rutschi n. sp.
Olsson 1942
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| recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) rutschi | ||||||||||
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Columbella major
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Strombina recurva
(Sowerby 1832)
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| recombined as Strombina (Recurvina) recurva | ||||||||||
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Strombina ecuadoriana
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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| recombined as Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana | ||||||||||
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Nassa (Arcularia) puntablacoensis
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Polinices aff. reclusiana
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= Polinices recluzianus
Deshayes 1839
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana | ||||||||||
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Polinices panamensis
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Natica broderipiana
Récluz 1844
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 8.0° North, 82.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.9° North, 82.3° 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
| 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. | |||||
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: | 66796 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-16 10:23:49 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-16 10:23:49 |
| 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:
| 19909 | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |