PPP# 635 - Limón [Moin Fm]: Calabrian, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Caecid indet.
10 specimens
Cysticus sp.
1 specimen
Eulimid indet.
1 specimen
? Pygmaepteris sp.
1 specimen
Pyramidelline indet.
1 specimen
Rissoine sp.
1 specimen
Triphorid indet.
2 specimens
Turbonilline indet.
7 specimens
Typhine sp.
1 specimen
Vetricolaria sp.
1 specimen
Lagenicella marginata
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Guynia annulata Duncan 1872
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia pittieri Vaughan 1919
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Arene sp. Adams and Adams 1854
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
13 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp. (de Boury 1909)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sp. (Lea 1843)
1 specimen
original and current combination Petaloconchus
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Cheilea sp. Modeer 1793
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
Olivella (Minioliva) sp. Olsson 1956
11 specimens
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina sp. (Hinds 1844)
26 specimens
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Granulina sp. Jousseaume 1888
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Engina moinensis Landau and Vermeij 2012
Landau and Vermeij 2012
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928
1 specimen
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
17 specimens
sensu lato
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Nassarina sp. Dall 1889
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Agatrix sp. Petit 1967
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gemmula sp. (Weinkauff 1875)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Nannodiella sp. (Dall 1919)
3 specimens
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) sp. Gabb 1872
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Leptadrillia sp. Woodring 1928
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Vitricythara sp. Fargo 1953
1 specimen
Kurtziella (Cryoturris) sp. (Woodring 1928)
7 specimens
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Erato sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Trivia (Dolichupis) sp. (Iredale 1930)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. (Pilsbry 1953)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Naticarius) sp. (Dumeril 1806)
1 specimen
original and current combination Naticarius
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia sp. Avilgaard 1791
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Heliacus sp. d'Orbigny 1842
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
? Brachystomia sp. Monterosato 1884
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. (Sacco 1892)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp. (Schenck 1944)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Costelloleda sp. Hertlein and Strong 1940
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea sp. Turton 1822
1 specimen
Lucinisca sp. Dall 1901
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Lucina (Lucinisca)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula sp. Grant and Gale 1931
3 specimens
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
173 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847
17 specimens
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) sp. (Gray 1857)
2 specimens
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimya sp. Rouault 1850
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889
25 specimens
Amusium sp. (Röding 1798)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897
5 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
5 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
9 specimens
sensu lato
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. (Cossmann 1888)
13 specimens
original and current combination Dentalium (Laevidentalium)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Candidae
Scrupocellaria regularis
1 specimen
Canda simplex
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria albirostris
100 specimens
Celleporaria brunnea
1 specimen
Celleporaria magnifica
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Tremogasterina mucronata
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Steginoporella aff. connexa
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Onychocella aff. angulosa (Reuss 1848)
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Floridinella parvula
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae
Nellia tenella (Lamarck 1816)
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Mamilloporidae
Mamillopora cavernulosa
10 specimens
Mamillopora tuberosa
100 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Characodoma contractum
1 specimen
Schizoporella cornuta
1 specimen
Gemelliporidra multilamellosa
10 specimens
Stylopoma informal n. sp. 3
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Margarettidae
Margaretta buski
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Microporella umbracula
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cheiloporinidae
Hippaliosina rostrigera
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Bracebridgia subsulcata
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Parasmittina parsevaliformis
1 specimen
Parasmittina informal n. sp. 1
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae
Cigclisula porosa
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Petraliidae
Petraliella bisinuata
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
? Hippomenella fissurata
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Sertellidae
Reteporellina evelinae
100 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria mandibulata
100 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Buskea aff. dichotoma
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma
10 specimens
Schedocleidochasma informal n. sp. 3
10 specimens
Hippoporella costulata
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae
Hippopodina feegeensis (Busk 1884)
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
Escharina porosa
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Discoporella informal n. sp. 6
100 specimens
Cupuladria aff. canariensis
210 specimens
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
1 specimen
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
10 specimens
Vibracellina laxibasis
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica State/province:Limon
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 83.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.0° North, 83.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Calabrian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Calabrian
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Age estimate:1.7 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Limon Formation:Moin Member:Middle
Local section:Lmoas del Mar Local bed:Eastern Sequence
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: The Moin Formation sits conformably on the Quebrada Chocolate Fomation and has no upper contact. AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,blue silty claystone
Secondary lithology:volcaniclastic,shelly/skeletal sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Blue-gray silty claystone and blocky, muddy, shelly volcaniclastic sandstone with common basalt granules. The lower part of the section contains laminated pyritic, organic-rich claystone and erect branching broyzoans.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Contains reef units in some parts of section.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff) collected on 4/3/89. REPOSITORIES: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution.
Metadata
Also known as:NMB Loc. 18083
Database number:79842
Authorizer:A. Miller, A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:K. Bulinski, A. Hendy, M. Krause
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-25 12:01:59 Last modified:2012-12-02 17:32:55
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-03-25 12:01:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17667. L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

43588 A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
59742 B. Landau and G. J. Vermeij. 2012. The genera Engina and Ameranna nov. gen. (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Buccinoidea, Buccinidae, Pisaniinae) from the Western Atlantic Neogene. Cainozoic Research 9(1):121-133 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]