Also known as NMB Loc. 18083
Where: Limon, Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 83.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Moin Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: The Moin Formation sits conformably on the Quebrada Chocolate Fomation and has no upper contact. AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue, silty claystone and volcaniclastic, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff) collected on 4/3/89. REPOSITORIES: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),
Primary reference: L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79842: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 25.03.2008, edited by Austin Hendy and Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Myrtea sp., "Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca)
Myrtea sp. Turton 1822 clam
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901 clam | |
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula), Caryocorbula sp.
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Dimya sp. Rouault 1850 scallop | |
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885 clam | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Costelloleda sp. Hertlein and Strong 1940 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp. Schenck 1944 nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus Lea 1843 worm shell | |
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Nassarina sp. Dall 1889 snail | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Engina moinensis Landau and Vermeij 2012 true whelk | |
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Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail | |
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
Olivella (Minioliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail | |
Agatrix sp. Petit 1967 nutmeg | |
Granulina sp. Jousseaume 1888 snail | |
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute | |
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell | |
Leptadrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Vitricythara sp. Fargo 1953 snail
Kurtziella (Cryoturris) sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) sp. Gabb 1872 snail
Nannodiella sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Gemmula sp. Weinkauff 1875 turrid | |
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail
Trivia (Dolichupis) sp. Iredale 1930 snail | |
Cheilea sp. Modeer 1793 hoof shell | |
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. Pilsbry 1953 snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817 snail | |
Cavolinia sp. Avilgaard 1791 snail | |
? Brachystomia sp. Monterosato 1884 snail | |
Heliacus sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. Sacco 1892 snail | |
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865 snail | |
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Arene sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell | |
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Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Onychocella aff. angulosa Reuss 1848 | |
Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Vibracellina laxibasis
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923 | |
Cellaria mandibulata Hincks 1882 | |
Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816 | |
Hippopodina feegeensis Busk 1884 | |
Anthozoa | |
Guynia annulata Duncan 1872 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia pittieri Vaughan 1919 stony coral |