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