Lomas del Mar, western sequence, sample 1331, Limon Basin (Pleistocene of Costa Rica)

Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° 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 limestone

• reef lens

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 71773: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.05.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussismilia aff. harttii Verrill 1868 stony coral
[entered as Mussismilia hartti]
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Thysanus sp. Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea franksi Gregory 1895 stony coral