Where: Costa Rica (9.7° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 85.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Montezuma Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Montezuma Formation. AGE: Pleistocene, according to Baumgartner et al. (1984, p. 96, 126); justification not provided in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Fossiliferous outcrop is about 100 m long and about 1 m thick.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Jung et al. in 1984; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Jung, P., Baugmartner, P., and Mora, C., 1984. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB
Primary reference: P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130840: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Strombina (Lirastrombina) carmencita, Strombina (Recurvina) recurva, Cotonopsis (Turrina) hirundo, Sincola (Dorsina) dorsata, Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula
Strombina (Lirastrombina) carmencita Lowe 1935 snail
Strombina (Recurvina) recurva Sowerby 1832 snail
Cotonopsis (Turrina) hirundo Gaskoin 1852 snail
Sincola (Dorsina) dorsata Sowerby 1832 snail
Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula Sowerby 1832 snail | |
Marsupina nana Broderip and Sowerby 1829 frog shell |