Where: Limon, Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 11.2° N, 81.7° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Limónes Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Limónes Formation (of Woodring (1973, 1982). AGE: Late Miocene in Woodring (1973, 1982). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96520: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.06.2010
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Taxonomic list
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"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
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Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
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Strombus gatunensis Toula 1908 conch | |
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"Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata" = Distorsio decussata
"Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata" = Distorsio decussata Valenciennes 1832 snail | |
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"Mitra (Cancilla) dariensis" = Subcancilla dariensis
"Mitra (Cancilla) dariensis" = Subcancilla dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 mitre shell | |
"Typhis (Talityphis) alatus" = Typhina alata
"Typhis (Talityphis) alatus" = Typhina alata Sowerby 1850 murex snail | |
"Solenosteira dalli" = Hanetia dalli, Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus
"Solenosteira dalli" = Hanetia dalli Brown and Pilsbry 1911 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus Bose 1906 true whelk | |
"Strombina (Sincola) chiriquiensis" = Sincola (Sincola) chiriquiensis
"Strombina (Sincola) chiriquiensis" = Sincola (Sincola) chiriquiensis Olsson 1922 dove shell | |
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Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli Reeve 1843 snail | |
"Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors" = Hindsiclava consors
"Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors" = Hindsiclava consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
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Strioterebrum indocayapum Olsson 1964 auger snail
Strioterebrum wolfgangi Toula 1909 auger snail
Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina Lightfoot 1786 auger snail | |
"Conus tortuosostriatus" = Conasprella (Dalliconus) sauros, Conus imitator, Conus molis, Conus spurius, Conus aemulator, Conus burckhardti, "Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus
"Conus tortuosostriatus" = Conasprella (Dalliconus) sauros Garcia 2006 cone shell
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Conus aemulator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus burckhardti Bose 1906 cone shell
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus Olsson 1922 cone shell | |
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Scobinella morierei Cossmann 1913 turrid
Pleurolira (Polystira) ecuadoriana Olsson 1964 turrid | |
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Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell | |
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Volvulella (Volvulella) micratracta Brown and Pilsbry 1913 snail
Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata Bush 1885 snail | |
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Acteocina bullata Kiener 1834 barrel-bubble | |
| Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium (Tesseracme) dissimile" = Tesseracme3
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| Bivalvia | |
"Flabellipecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis4
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Acar domingensis3, "Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata3, Anadara (Rasia) dariensis3, Anadara (Rasia) actinophora3
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Periglypta caribbeana4, Ventricolaria harrisiana4, "Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis4
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"Lophocardium gurabicum" = Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum4
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"Tellina (Phyllodina) lepidota" = Phyllodina lepidota4, "Tellina (Tellina) rovala" = Tellinella rovala4, "Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea" = Eurytellina punicea4
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