Hone Creek: Piacenzian, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella altilira
Conrad 1857
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recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Turritella altilira costaricensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusus honensis n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Fusinus honensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra aff. rudis
Gabb 1873
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus gumanomocon
Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Chlamys) levicostatus
(Toula 1909)
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recombined as Argopecten levicostatus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Scapharca) honensis n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Anadara (Rasia) honensis | ||||||||||
Arca (Scapharca) actinophora
(Dall 1898)
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recombined as Anadara (Rasia) actinophora | ||||||||||
Arca (Scapharca) auriculata
(Lamarck 1819)
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synonym of Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia acetabulum
(Conrad 1832)
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Clementia dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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recombined as Clementia (Clementia) dariena | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Costa Rica |
Coordinates: | 9.7° North, 82.8° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 9.6° North, 82.3° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 2.9 Ma (other)3.6 to 2.2 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Banano | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations; direct date extrapolated from Bybell (1999) and Collins et al. (1999). 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: | 134676 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-10-12 07:35:50 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-10-12 07:35:50 |
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] |