Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 82.8° 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 and lithified siltstone
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 73618: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.06.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
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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Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Mycetophyllia ferox Wells 1973 stony coral | |
Montastraea sp., Montastraea faveolata, "Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata, Montastraea franksi
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Montastraea franksi Gregory 1895 stony coral | |
"Agaricia agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites
"Agaricia agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
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Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |