Where: Costa Rica (8.0° N, 82.9° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 82.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burica Sandstone Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Burica Sandstone Formation (Olsson 1942), which underlies the Charco Azul Fm (Pliocene) and unconformably overlies basement. AGE: Eary Pliocene as it is overlain by younger Pliocene units and shows some dissimilarity to regional Miocene faunas.
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•Age after Taylor et al 2019
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, pebbly, sandy conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTORS: Presumably collected by A.A. Olsson or 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 66797: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.10.2006, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Coronula diadema Linnaeus 1767 whale barnacle | |
Insecta | |
Emiliana huxleyi planthopper | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) buricum n. sp. tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula iphigenia" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia
"Nucula iphigenia" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia Dall 1896 nut clam | |
Solemya burica n. sp.
Solemya burica n. sp. Olsson 1942 Awning Clam | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
"Pecten cf. tumbezensis" = Leptopecten tumbezensis
"Pecten cf. tumbezensis" = Leptopecten tumbezensis d'Orbigny 1846 scallop | |
Luciploma panamensis n. sp. venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Chione (Chione) araneosa venus clam | |
"Thyasira bisecta" = Conchocele bisecta
"Thyasira bisecta" = Conchocele bisecta Conrad 1849 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) sp." = Strioterebrum
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) sp." = Strioterebrum Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Siphonalia sp., "Phos (Antillophos) gatunensis" = Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis, Hanetia pelicana n. sp., Cantharus amycus n. sp.
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
"Phos (Antillophos) gatunensis" = Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis Toula 1909 true whelk
Hanetia pelicana n. sp. true whelk
Cantharus amycus n. sp. true whelk | |
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Turritella cf. gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial |