Where: Costa Rica (8.6° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 83.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Charco Azul Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Charco Azul Formation (Olsson 1942), which unconformably underlies the Armurelles Fm (Pleistocene). AGE: Pliocene as it is overlain by very different Pleistocene fauna Age supported by other sources, including Collins and Coates (1999). Correlated to Jama and Canoa Formations of Ecuador. STRAIGRAPHIC POSITION: About 300 ft above the basal sandstones.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, tuffaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTORS: Collected by Mr Terry. REPOSITORIES: Collections reposited at PRI.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1942. Tertiary and Quaternary fossils from Burica Peninsula of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 27(106):1-106 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 66795: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Crassinella sp., "Eucrassatella gibbosa" = Hybolophus gibbosus
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam
"Eucrassatella gibbosa" = Hybolophus gibbosus Sowerby 1832 clam | |
"Divaricella lucasana" = Divalinga eburnea
"Divaricella lucasana" = Divalinga eburnea Reeve 1850 clam | |
Periploma sp., "Periploma planiuscula" = Periploma (Periploma) planiuscula
Periploma sp. Schumacher 1816 clam
"Periploma planiuscula" = Periploma (Periploma) planiuscula Sowerby I 1834 clam | |
"Tagelus (Mesopleura) peruvianus" = Tagelus peruvianus
"Tagelus (Mesopleura) peruvianus" = Tagelus peruvianus Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 clam | |
"Tellina (Eurytellina) ecuadoriana" = Tellina (Eurytellina) regia, Strigilla sp.
"Tellina (Eurytellina) ecuadoriana" = Tellina (Eurytellina) regia Hanley 1844 tellin clam
Strigilla sp. Turton 1822 tellin clam | |
"Cardium (Mexicardia) procerum" = Mexicardia procera
"Cardium (Mexicardia) procerum" = Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 cockle | |
Macrocallista sp., "Pitar (Pitarella) sp." = Agriopoma, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) concinna, "Dosinia grandis" = Dosinia ponderosa, "Chione (Lirophora) kelletti" = Lirophora, "Chione (Lirophora) mariae" = Lirophora mariae, "Chione (Chione) cf. amathusia" = Chionopsis amathusia, Chione (Chione) vaca n. sp.
Macrocallista sp. Meek 1876 venus clam
"Pitar (Pitarella) sp." = Agriopoma Dall 1902 venus
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) concinna Sowerby 1835 venus clam
"Dosinia grandis" = Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) kelletti" = Lirophora venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) mariae" = Lirophora mariae d'Orbigny 1846 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cf. amathusia" = Chionopsis amathusia Philippi 1844 venus clam
Chione (Chione) vaca n. sp. venus clam | |
"Chama (Echinochama) californica" = Arcinella californica
"Chama (Echinochama) californica" = Arcinella californica Dall 1903 jewel box | |
"Labiosa undulata" = Raeta undulata
"Labiosa undulata" = Raeta undulata Gould 1851 clam | |
"Corbula ovulata" = Caryocorbula ovulata
"Corbula ovulata" = Caryocorbula ovulata Sowerby 1835 clam | |
"Arca (Argina) brevifrons" = Lunarca brevifrons, "Arca (Scapharca) obesa" = Anadara obesa, "Arca (Cunearca) nux" = Anadara nux
"Arca (Argina) brevifrons" = Lunarca brevifrons Sowerby I 1833 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) obesa" = Anadara obesa Sowerby 1833 ark
"Arca (Cunearca) nux" = Anadara nux Sowerby I 1833 ark | |
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"Placuanomia sp." = Placunanomia
"Placuanomia sp." = Placunanomia Broderip 1832 scallop | |
"Pecten tumbezensis" = Leptopecten tumbezensis
"Pecten tumbezensis" = Leptopecten tumbezensis d'Orbigny 1846 scallop | |
"Crenella ecuadoriana" = Crenella decussata
"Crenella ecuadoriana" = Crenella decussata Montagu 1808 clam | |
"Nucula iphigenia" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia
"Nucula iphigenia" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia Dall 1896 nut clam SUBSPECIES: N. iphigenia azulensis
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Gastropoda | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Turritella tigrina turret shell | |
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) sp., "Strombina ecuadoriana n. sp." = Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana
Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 dovesnail
"Strombina ecuadoriana n. sp." = Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 snail | |
Nassa (Aricularia) puntablacoensis Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 snail | |
Metula pilsbryi true whelk
Cymatophos panamensis n. sp. true whelk
Strombinophos loripanus Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk | |
Cancellaria (Euclia) pacifica Anderson 1905 snail | |
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) aspera" = Terebra (Myurella) aspera, Terebra (Terebra) lingualis, "Terebra (Terebra) robusta" = Terebra (Panaterebra) robusta, "Terebra (Strioterebrum) vaca n. sp." = Strioterebrum, "Terebra (Strioterebrum) cracilenta" = Strioterebrum
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) aspera" = Terebra (Myurella) aspera Hinds 1843 auger snail
Terebra (Terebra) lingualis auger snail
"Terebra (Terebra) robusta" = Terebra (Panaterebra) robusta Hinds 1844 auger snail
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) vaca n. sp." = Strioterebrum auger snail
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) cracilenta" = Strioterebrum auger snail | |
Conus emarginatus cone shell
Conus pyriformis Reeve 1843 cone shell | |
Oliva araneosa olive snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
"Distorsio decussatus" = Distorsio decussata
"Distorsio decussatus" = Distorsio decussata Valenciennes 1832 snail | |
"Bursa nana" = Marsupina nana
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Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842 snail | |
Natica broderipana, "Polinices (Neverita) glauca" = Neverita
Natica broderipana moon snail
"Polinices (Neverita) glauca" = Neverita moon snail | |
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) hispidium slipper shell
Crepidula onyx Sowerby 1824 slipper shell |