Lomas del Mar, eastern sequence, sample 1412, Limon Basin (Pleistocene of Costa Rica)

Also known as Reef 3598

Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 82.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lomas del Mar Member (Moin Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• 1.9-1.5 Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified siltstone and lithified limestone

• isolated corals and patch reefs within a siliciclastic matrix

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 71759: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.05.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987 stony coral
Madracis asperula Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mycetophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites colonensis Zlatarski 1990 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea cylindrica Duncan 1863 stony coral