Buenos Aires area, sample 1342, Limon Basin (Pliocene to of Costa Rica)

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: perireef or subreef; lithified sandstone

• coral- and mollusk-rich carbonate sandstone, interbedded with the reefs of the Buenos Aires Member

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 71396: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora granulata
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata, Caulastrea portoricensis
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Thysanus sp.
Thysanus sp. Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia tuberosa, Dichocoenia stokesi
Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Manicina mayori" = Manicina areolata, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Diploria labyrinthiformis
"Manicina mayori" = Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata, Porites baracoaensis, Porites astreoides
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral