PPP# 651 - Limón [Moin Fm] (Pliocene of Costa Rica)

Also known as NMB Loc. 18087

Where: Limon, Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.5° N, 82.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Member (Moin Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• The Moin Formation sits conformably on the Quebrada Chocolate Fomation and has no upper contact.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; gray, blue, silty claystone and volcaniclastic, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• Contains reef units in some parts of section.
• Blue-gray silty claystone and blocky, muddy, shelly volcaniclastic sandstone with common basalt granules. The lower part of the section contains laminated pyritic, organic-rich claystone and erect branching broyzoans.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Jung & Panchaud in 1989; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTORS: Peter Jung, R. Panchaud, et al., 4.4.1989 REPOSITORIES:collections presumably held at USNM, BMNH and 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 79843: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 25.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution.
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unclassified
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Pyramidelline indet., Rissoine sp., Styliola sp.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia sp.
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
? Yoldiella sp.
? Yoldiella sp. Verrill and Bush 1897 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria sp.
Jupiteria sp. Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Solariorbis sp.
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella sp.
Solariella sp. Wood 1842 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia sp.
Cavolinia sp. Avilgaard 1791 snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
Bulla sp.
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Horaiclavidae
Thelecythara sp.
Thelecythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) sp.
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Glyphoturris sp.
Glyphoturris sp. Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis)
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis) Sacco 1890 dove shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Minioliva) sp., Olivella (Macgintiella) sp.
Olivella (Minioliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp.
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Episcynia sp.
Episcynia sp. Morch 1875 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tectonatica sp.
Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania sp.
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp.
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Heliacus sp.
Heliacus sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
sensu lato
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp.
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell