Also known as NMB Loc. 18080
Where: Limon, Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 83.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Moin Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: The Moin Formation sits conformably on the Quebrada Chocolate Fomation and has no upper contact. AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue, silty claystone and volcaniclastic, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff) collected on 4/3/89. REPOSITORIES: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),
Primary reference: L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79835: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 25.03.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca), Parvilucina sp.
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901 clam | |
Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946 clam | |
Cardiomya sp. Adams 1864 clam | |
Juliacorbula sp. Olsson 1953 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina (Phyllodina) sp. Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam
Anomalocardia sp. Schumacher 1817 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
Pseudochama sp. Odhner 1917 jewel box
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
? Spathochlamys sp. Waller 1993 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam | |
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885 clam | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp. Schenck 1944 nut clam
Leionucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
Jupiteria sp. Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cyclostremiscus sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1945 snail
Episcynia sp. Morch 1875 snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus Lea 1843 worm shell | |
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell | |
? Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
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Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Nannodiella sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
? Kurtziella sp. Dall 1918 snail
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891 snail
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Cavolinia sp. Avilgaard 1791 snail | |
Heliacus sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816 | |
Hippoporella gorgonensis Hastings 1930
Schedocleidochasma "n. sp. 3" Soule et al. 1991 | |
Turbicellepora sp. Ryland 1963 | |
Vibracellina laxibasis, Discoporella "n. sp. 3", Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Biflustra savartii
Discoporella "n. sp. 3" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Biflustra savartii Audouin 1826 |