Contact Cut, reef stage 1, deeper fore-reef (Pliocene to of Costa Rica)

Also known as Reef 3597

Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buenos Aires Member (Quebrada Chocolate Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• 3.7-3.6 Ma, late Early-early Late Pliocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and siliciclastic

• stage 1 represents the first occurrence of corals as isolated patches with a siliciclastic matrix of mud and fine sand; it represents the catch-up phase of the reef; max. waterdepth 30 m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Bauch, J. J. G. Reijmer, D. F. McNeill and P. Schäfer. 2011. Development of a Pliocene mixed-carbonate siliciclastic reef (Limon, Costa Rica). Sedimentary Geology 239:37-47 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124265: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma siliqua
Macoma siliqua Adams 1852 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele junonia
Semele junonia Verrill 1870 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione compta
Chione compta Broderip 1835 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla punctulata
Bulla punctulata Adams 1850 snail
 Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
"Fossaridae indet." = Fossarinae
"Fossaridae indet." = Fossarinae Adams 1860 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sarasotana, Diploria zambensis, Diploria labyrinthiformis
Diploria sarasotana Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Diploria zambensis Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral