Rio Banano Formation (Pliocene of Costa Rica)

Where: Costa Rica (9.6° N, 82.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.5° N, 82.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rio Banano Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: The Rio Banano Formation sits diachronously with abrupt lithological transition on the Uscari Formation, mostly conformably and sometimes disconformably. The Rio Banano Formation passes conformably into the Quebrada Chocolate Formation in the area immediately west of Limon but throughout most of the southern Limon Basin it is unconformably overlain by the breccia and coarse grained volcaniclastics of the Suretka Formation. AGE: Early Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is representative of formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• No paleoenvironmental data provided.
• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Multiple repositories.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131919: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula (Bothrocorbula) vimnea" = Bothrocorbula1
"Corbula (Bothrocorbula) vimnea" = Bothrocorbula1 clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Thais rustica" = Stramonita rustica, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius
"Thais rustica" = Stramonita rustica Lamarck 1822 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria anomoia3 Woodring 1970 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae