Rio Cocles: Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica granulata
(Lamarck 1822)
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| synonym of Architectonica nobilis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica youngi
Maury 1917
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| SUBSPECIES: Natica youngi cocleana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina lessepsiana
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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| recombined as Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Phos mexicanus
Bose 1906
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| recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria dariena
Toula 1908
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| recombined as Bivetiella dariena | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia papaya n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.6° North, 82.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.5° North, 82.1° 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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations. 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: | 134670 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-10-12 06:43:26 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-10-12 06:43:26 |
| 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] |