PPP# 715 - Pueblo Nuevo [Moin Fm] (Pliocene of Costa Rica)

Also known as NMB Loc. 18108

Where: Limon, Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 83.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Member (Moin Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• The Moin Formation sits conformably on the Quebrada Chocolate Fromation and has no upper contact.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue, silty claystone and volcaniclastic, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• Contains reef units in some parts of section.
• Blue-gray silty claystone and blocky, muddy, shelly volcaniclastic sandstone with common basalt granules. The lower part of the section contains laminated pyritic, organic-rich claystone and erect branching broyzoans.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Jung & Panchaud in 1989; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTORS: Peter Jung, R. Panchaud, et al., 8.4.1989. 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 79992: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution.
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten sp.
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
? Ostreola sp.
? Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Axinactis (Glycymerella) sp., Tucetona sp.
Axinactis (Glycymerella) sp. Woodring 1925 clam
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp., Anadara (Cunearca) sp.
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. Dall 1898 ark
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cardiomya sp.
Cardiomya sp. Adams 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp., Cyclinella sp., Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp., Chione sp., Lirophora sp., Dosinia sp.
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus sp., Tagelus (Mesopleura) sp.
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp.
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp., "Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
? Macrocypraea sp.
? Macrocypraea sp. Woodring 1957 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria sp.
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
sensu lato
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum sp.
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp.
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp.
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp.
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial