PPP# 718 - Pueblo Nuevo [Moin Fm] (Pliocene of Costa Rica)

Also known as NMB Loc. 18110

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:collections presumably held at USNM, BMNH and 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 79993: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008, edited by Austin Hendy

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
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp.
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Cyclinella sp., Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp., Pitar sp., "? Agriopoma (Pitarella) sp." = Agriopoma, Lirophora sp.
? Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
"? Agriopoma (Pitarella) sp." = Agriopoma Dall 1902 venus
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia sp.
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle
sensu lato
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp., "Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca)
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Cunearca) sp., Anadara (Rasia) sp.
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten sp.
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreola sp.
Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884 oyster
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium sp., Dentalium sp.
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885 tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
sensu lato
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp.
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea sp.
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea sp.
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Sconsia sp.
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Glabella sp., Volvarina sp., Prunum sp.
Glabella sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp.
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis sp., Murex sp.
Typhis sp. Montfort 1810 murex snail
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp.
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Lepicythara sp.
Lepicythara sp. Olsson 1964 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Metula sp., Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp., Nassarius sp.
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 true whelk
sensu lato
 Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Polinices sp.
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo sp., Astraea sp.
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Astraea sp. Röding 1798 snail
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Cupuladria aff. biporosa
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923