Apartment Complex between Moin and Portete, sample 1390, Limon Basin (Pleistocene of Costa Rica)

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

• 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 73621: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea franksi, Montastraea cavernosa
Montastraea franksi Gregory 1895 stony coral
Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Antillophyllia sawkinsi" = Trachyphyllia sawkinsi
"Antillophyllia sawkinsi" = Trachyphyllia sawkinsi Vaughan 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria labyrinthiformis, "Manicina mayori" = Manicina areolata, Mycetophyllia danaana, Mycetophyllia lamarckiana, Mycetophyllia ferox
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Manicina mayori" = Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Mycetophyllia danaana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Mycetophyllia ferox Wells 1973 stony coral