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 134676: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus gumanomocon, "Pecten (Chlamys) levicostatus" = Argopecten levicostatus
Spondylus gumanomocon Brown and Pilsbry 1913 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) levicostatus" = Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909 calico scallop | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
"Arca (Scapharca) honensis n. sp." = Anadara (Rasia) honensis, "Arca (Scapharca) actinophora" = Anadara (Rasia) actinophora, "Arca (Scapharca) auriculata" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis
"Arca (Scapharca) honensis n. sp." = Anadara (Rasia) honensis Olsson 1922 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) actinophora" = Anadara (Rasia) actinophora Dall 1898 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) auriculata" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis Röding 1798 ark | |
Dosinia acetabulum, "Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella altilira costaricensis Olsson 1922 turret shell | |
"Fusus honensis n. sp." = Fusinus honensis
"Fusus honensis n. sp." = Fusinus honensis Olsson 1922 snail | |
Mitra aff. rudis Gabb 1873 mitre shell |