Where: Costa Rica (9.7° N, 82.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 82.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Banano Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations; direct date extrapolated from Bybell (1999) and Collins et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134659: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam | |
Semele sayi Toula 1909 clam | |
"Chione mactropsis" = Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis, "Callocardia gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis, "Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena
"Chione mactropsis" = Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Callocardia gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis Dall 1903 venus clam
"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
"Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail | |
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912 volute | |
"Terebra cf. haitensis" = Terebra (Oreoterebra) haitensis
"Terebra cf. haitensis" = Terebra (Oreoterebra) haitensis Dall 1895 auger snail |