Also known as NMB Loc. 18088
Where: Limon, Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 83.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moin Formation (Limon Group), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Moin Formation, which 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: reef, buildup or bioherm; gray, blue, silty claystone and volcaniclastic, shelly/skeletal sandstone
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 79844: 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)
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901 clam | |
Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946 clam | |
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam
Transennella sp. Dall 1884 venus clam
? Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902 venus clam | |
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Dimya sp. Rouault 1850 scallop | |
? Spathochlamys sp. Waller 1993 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
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Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam | |
Acar sp. Gray 1857 miniature ark
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
? Adrana sp. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam
Jupiteria sp. Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Crassispira (Crassispira) sp. Swainson 1840 snail
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Cyclostremiscus sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1945 snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
"Erato (Hespererato) sp." = Hespererato
"Erato (Hespererato) sp." = Hespererato Schilder 1932 snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
? Neosconsia sp. Olsson 1964 true whelk
Strombinophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk | |
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
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Olivella (Minioliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Gymnobela sp. Verrill 1884 cone shell | |
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira Conrad 1865 snail | |
Cerodrillia sp. Bartsch and Rehder 1939 snail
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Nannodiella sp. Dall 1919 snail
Glyphostoma (Euglyphostoma) sp. Woodring 1970 snail
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) sp. Gabb 1872 snail | |
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Bellaspira sp. Conrad 1868 snail
Kurtziella (Cryoturris) sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail
Pleurotomella sp. Verrill 1872 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid
"Cruziturricula sp." = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) Marks 1951 turrid
Scobinella sp. Conrad 1848 turrid | |
Vexillum (Costellaria) sp. Swainson 1840 ribbed mitre | |
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell | |
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail
Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890 moon snail
? Sigatica sp. Meyer and Aldrich 1886 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
? Stilifer sp. Broderip 1832 snail
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) sp. Röding 1798 wentletrap
Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap | |
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail | |
"Euchelus (Mirachelus) sp." = Mirachelus
"Euchelus (Mirachelus) sp." = Mirachelus Woodring 1928 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891 snail
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail | |
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Diacria sp. Gray 1847 snail
Styliola sp. Gray 1850 snail | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. Sacco 1892 snail | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816 | |
Hippoporella gorgonensis Hastings 1930 | |
Cellaria mandibulata Hincks 1882 | |
Smittoidea pacifica Soule and Soule 1973 | |
Steginoporella magnilabris Busk 1854 | |
Celleporaria sp. Lamouroux 1821 | |
Micropora coriacea Johnston 1847 | |
? Scrupocellaria sp. van Beneden 1845 | |