Limon Group

Geology

Formations: Moin (91), Quebrada Chocolate (23), Rio Banano (10), Uscari (2)

Lithologies: not reported (1), claystone (15), mudstone (3), siltstone (67), sandstone (27), grainstone (7), "limestone" (55)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (10), reef, buildup or bioherm (59), perireef or subreef (47), deltaic indet. (8), transition zone/lower shoreface (2)

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) (96507 162678)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica (71367 71374 71380 71381 71382 71383 71384 71385 71386 71387 71388 71389 71390 71391 71392 71393 71394 71395 71396 71397 71398 71409 71410)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) (79843 79992 79993)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) (79796 79798 79799 79800 79801 79802 79803 79990 79991 136344)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica (71411 71412 71413 71414 71415 71417 71418 71419 71420 71421)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica (Limon) (79848)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica (71422 71719 71720 71721 71722 71723 71724 71725 71726 71727 71728 71729 71730 71731 71732 71733 71734 71735 71736 71737 71738 71739 71740 71741 71742 71743 71744 71745 71746 71747 71748 71749 71750 71751 71752 71753 71754 71755 71756 71757 71758 71759 71760 71761 71762 71763 71764 71765 71766 71767 71768 71769 71770 71771 71772 71773 71774 71775 71776 71777 71778 71779 73617 73618 73619 73620 73621 73622 73623 73624 73625 73626 91911)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) (79835 79842 79844 79845)