NMB Loc. 18225 - La Bomba [Rio Banano Fm]: Piacenzian, Costa Rica
collected by Hunter
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Lirophora mactropsis
Conrad 1855
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Haustellum cf. messorium
Sowerby 1841
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Torcula) altilira
(Conrad 1857)
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis papulosus
(Guppy 1866)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Oliva) sayana
(Ravenel 1834)
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14 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Oliva (Ispidula) sayana | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. dariena
(Toula 1908)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Bivetiella dariena | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla cf. longa
(Gabb 1873)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos (Antillophos) cf. moorei
(Guppy 1866)
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta alfaroi
Dall 1912
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Conus molis
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Hindsiclava consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Strombus) pugiloides
Guppy 1866
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3 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Strombus proximus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica nobilis
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Arcinella arcinella
(Linnaeus 1767)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lirophora paphia
(Linnaeus 1767)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) stiriatum
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei
(Gabb 1873)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Potiarca) lloydi
(Olsson 1922)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona pectinata
(Gmelin 1791)
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6 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.9° North, 83.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.8° North, 82.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 2.9 Ma (other)3.6 to 2.2 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rio Banano | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Rio Banano Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: direct date extrapolated from Bybell (1999) and Collins et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data provided. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMB |
| Collectors: | Hunter |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Vernon Hunter (Robertson Research Ltd.). REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Unpublished data, but with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 132644 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-23 15:45:05 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-08-23 15:45:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42393. | J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 48647 | J. A. Todd and K. G. Johnson. 2013. Dissecting a marine snail species radiation (Conoidea: Turridae: Polystira) over 12 million years in the southwestern Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science 89(4) [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |