Where: Costa Rica (9.9° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 82.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rio Banano Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Rio Banano Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: direct date extrapolated from Bybell (1999) and Collins et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hunter; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Vernon Hunter (Robertson Research Ltd.). REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Primary reference: J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132644: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei Gabb 1873 clam | |
Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box | |
Lirophora paphia Linnaeus 1767 venus clam | |
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) stiriatum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cockle | |
Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Anadara (Potiarca) lloydi Olsson 1922 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella (Torcula) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell | |
"Strombus (Strombus) pugiloides" = Strombus proximus
"Strombus (Strombus) pugiloides" = Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850 conch | |
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912 volute | |
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. dariena" = Bivetiella dariena
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. dariena" = Bivetiella dariena Toula 1908 snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell | |
Hindsiclava consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Subcancilla cf. longa Gabb 1873 mitre shell | |
"Oliva (Oliva) sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
"Oliva (Oliva) sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) cf. moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk | |
Serpulorbis papulosus Guppy 1866 snail | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial |