Coco Plum (Pliocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (9.0° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 81.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.

• 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

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 134671: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and antiquated nomenclature. COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula harrisi n. sp., "Phos mexicanus" = Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus
Metula harrisi n. sp. Olsson 1922 true whelk
"Phos mexicanus" = Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus Bose 1906 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia coccos n. sp.
Drillia coccos n. sp. Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Borsonia cocoensis
Borsonia cocoensis Olsson 1922 snail