PPP# 710 - Limón [Moin Fm]: Calabrian, Costa Rica
collected by Jung & Panchaud 1989

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Clathodrilia sp.
3 specimens
Pyramidelline indet.
1 specimen
Triphorid indet.
19 specimens
Turbonilline indet.
6 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
26 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae
? Vanikoro sp. Quoy and Gaimard 1832
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Siliquaria sp. Bruguière 1792
15 specimens
synonym of Tenagodus
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia sp. Lamarck 1799
37 specimens
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
cf. Maesiella sp. McLean 1971
6 specimens
? Maesiella sp. McLean 1971
9 specimens
Crassispira (Crassispira) sp. Swainson 1840
3 specimens
Compsodrillia sp. Woodring 1928
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania sp. Risso 1826
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sp. (Lea 1843)
1 specimen
original and current combination Petaloconchus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Minioliva) sp. Olsson 1956
24 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
16 specimens
sensu lato
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826
2 specimens
Costoanachis sp. Sacco 1890
3 specimens
spelled with current rank as Anachis (Costoanachis)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Coralliophila sp. Adams and Adams 1853
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817
2 specimens
Granulina sp. Jousseaume 1888
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitromorphidae
Mitrolumna sp. Bucquoy et al. 1883
1 specimen
synonym of Mitromorpha
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
? Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Mangelia sp. (Loven 1846)
1 specimen
corrected as Cythara (Mangelia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Sedilia sp. Fargo 1953
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cerodrillia sp. Bartsch and Rehder 1939
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Triptychus sp. Mörch 1875
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Arene sp. Adams and Adams 1854
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Euchelus (Mirachelus) sp. (Woodring 1928)
3 specimens
original and current combination Mirachelus
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Diodora sp. Gray 1821
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Styliola sp. Gray 1850
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp. (Schenck 1944)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847
3 specimens
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina sp. (Dall 1901)
6 specimens
sensu lato
Callucina sp. (Dall 1901)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
? Spathochlamys sp. Waller 1993
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimya sp. Rouault 1850
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835
2 specimens
? Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842
3 specimens
Acar sp. Gray 1857
1 specimen
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
6 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Parasmittina spathulata
1 specimen
Parasmittina informal n. sp. 3
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Hippoporina aculeata
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Bracebridgia subsulcata
1 specimen
Adeonellopsis informal n. sp. 3
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Gemelliporidra multilamellosa
10 specimens
Stylopoma informal n. sp. 13
1 specimen
Characodoma contractum
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae
Gigantopora fenestrata
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Margarettidae
Margaretta buski
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria aff. bassleri
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Colatooeciidae
Trematooecia aviculifera
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Hippoporella costulata
1 specimen
Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma
10 specimens
Schedocleidochasma informal n. sp. 3
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Gemelliporellidae
Gemelliporella glabra
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Hippopleurifera informal n. sp. 2
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Tremogasterina mucronata
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Onychocella aff. angulosa (Reuss 1848)
1 specimen
Smittipora aff. acutirostris
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Puellina aff. radiata
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Candidae
Canda simplex
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Steginoporella aff. connexa
1 specimen
Steginoporella magnilabris (Busk 1854)
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Antroporidae
Antropora leucocypha
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Mamilloporidae
Mamillopora cavernulosa
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Buffonellodidae
Aimulosia palliolata
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Discoporella informal n. sp. 6
1 specimen
Cupuladria aff. canariensis
20 specimens
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
10 specimens
Hydrozoa - Stylasterina
Stylaster roseus (Pallas 1766)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Gardineria minor Wells 1973
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica State/province:Limon
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 83.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.4° 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 (other)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Limon Formation:Moin Member:Middle
Local section:Lomas del Mar Local bed:Eastern Sequence
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Moin Formation sits conformably on the Quebrada Chocolate Fomation and has no upper contact; 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
Collectors:Jung & Panchaud Collection dates:1989
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Peter Jung, R. Panchaud, et al., 8.4.1989. 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. 18106
Database number:79845
Authorizer:A. Miller, A. Hendy Enterer:K. Bulinski, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-25 12:16:06 Last modified:2012-12-02 11:52:58
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-03-25 12:16:06
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]