Also known as Reef 3597
Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 82.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Buenos Aires Member (Quebrada Chocolate Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• late Early-early Late Pliocene
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. F. Budd, K. G. Johnson, T. A. Stemann and B. H. Tompkins. 1999. Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:119-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71386: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
Caulastrea portoricensis, "Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
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Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Mussa angulosa Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
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Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
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Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
Montastraea franksi Gregory 1895 stony coral | |
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata, "Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
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Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |