Rio Blanco, Burica Peninsula [Charco Azul Fm]: Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana (Jupiteria) davidana n. sp.
Olsson 1942
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recombined as Saccella davidana | ||||||||||
Nuculana iphigenia
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SUBSPECIES: N. iphigenia zulensis | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula ovulata
Sowerby 1835
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recombined as Caryocorbula ovulata | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Trigoniocardia) spiekeri
Hanna and Israelsky 1925
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recombined as Apiocardia spiekeri | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma planiuscula
Sowerby I 1834
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recombined as Periploma (Periploma) planiuscula | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sapotilla
Hinds 1844
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recombined as Prunum (Prunum) sapotilla | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Perissityidae
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Phos (Antillophos) rutschi n. sp.
Olsson 1942
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recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) rutschi | ||||||||||
Columbella major
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Strombina recurva
(Sowerby 1832)
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recombined as Strombina (Recurvina) recurva | ||||||||||
Strombina ecuadoriana
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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recombined as Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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] |