East Grape Point Creek: Early/Lower Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma mancinella
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella altilira
Conrad 1857
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recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Turritella altilira chiriquiensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus pugiloides
Guppy 1866
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synonym of Strombus proximus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Oliva mancinella
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Agaronia testacea mancinella | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella muticoides
(Gabb 1873)
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recombined as Olivella (Olivella) muticoides | ||||||||||
Oliva brevispira
Gabb 1873
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus floridanus
Gabb 1868
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synonym of Conus anabathrum | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Conus floridanus costaricensis | ||||||||||
Conus burckhardti
Bose 1906
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Conus imitator
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia carruca n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria rowelli
Dall 1896
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= Cancellaria anomoia
Woodring 1970
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Landau et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Lea 1846
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina bullata
(Kiener 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca hindsi
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi | ||||||||||
Arca umbonata
Lamarck 1819
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synonym of Lamarcka imbricata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris jamaicensis
Dall 1898
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recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis | ||||||||||
Glycymeris carbasina
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Glycymeris canalis
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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recombined as Tucetona pectinata canalis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Pecten oligolepis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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recombined as Cyclopecten oligolepis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis
Olsson 1922
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synonym of Argopecten uselmae | ||||||||||
Amusium luna
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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synonym of Amusium toulae | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea megodon
Hanley 1846
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recombined as Undulostrea megodon | ||||||||||
Ostrea costaricensis
Olsson 1922
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Trachycardium) costaricanum n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum costaricanum | ||||||||||
Cardium (Trachycardium) dominicense
Gabb 1873
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recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Angulus) umbra
(Dall 1900)
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recombined as Angulus umbra | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia scabricostata
(Guppy 1866)
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recombined as Cardita (Glans) scabricostata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites (Crassinella) midiensis
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Crassinella midiensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda balboae
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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recombined as Saccella balboae | ||||||||||
Leda (Adrana) quitanensis
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Adrana quitanensis | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Glycymeris lloydsmithi
Brown and Pilsbry 1917
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recombined as Tucetona canalis lloydsmithi | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Costa Rica |
Coordinates: | 10.0° North, 83.2° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 9.9° North, 82.6° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: likely Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations; placed in Early Pliocene by enterer on the basis of Cancellaria anomoia. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data provided. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | PRI |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI. | |
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and antiquated nomenclature. COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. |
Metadata
Database number: | 134655 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-10-12 05:43:21 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-10-12 05:43:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43229. | A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
43469 | B. D. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama, with the description of seven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(2):311-339 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |