Contact Cut, reef stage 1, reef crest (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 124266: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma siliqua
Macoma siliqua Adams 1852 tellin clam