Red Cliff Creek: Pliocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula dominicana Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina viridemaris (Maury 1917)
recombined as Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium costaricensis n. sp. Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
synonym of Semicassis reclusa
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Dolium (Malea) elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
    = Malea ringens Swainson 1822
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella avena Kiener 1834
recombined as Volvarina avena
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Murex messorius Sowerby 1841
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873
Olivella muticoides (Gabb 1873)
recombined as Olivella (Olivella) muticoides
Olivella goliath Olsson 1922
recombined as Olivella (Toroliva) goliath
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Oliva testacea Lamarck 1811
recombined as Agaronia testacea
SUBSPECIES: Oliva testacea costaricensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Northia northiae (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon 1833)
SUBSPECIES: Northia northiae miocenica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella submercatoria n. sp. Olsson 1922
Strombina costaricensis Olsson 1922
recombined as Strombina (Lirastrombina) costaricensis
SUBSPECIES: Strombina costaricensis musanica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus marginatus Sowerby 1839
recombined as Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus
Conus musaensis Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Aphera) islacolonis Maury 1917
    = Aphera sp. Adams and Adams 1854
Landau et al. 2012
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita nereidis Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo saltus Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Chlorostoma (Neomphalius) costaricensis Olsson 1922
Calliostoma mancinella Olsson 1922
recombined as Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Phasianella mollis Olsson 1922
recombined as Tricolia mollis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina recta (d'Orbigny 1845)
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Sistrum nodulosum (Adams 1845)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda davilae Olsson 1922
recombined as Saccella davilae
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula tenuisculpta Gabb 1873
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata (Gabb 1873)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limaea solida (Dall 1898)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Pecten aotus Olsson 1922
synonym of Cyclopecten nanus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis Olsson 1922
synonym of Argopecten uselmae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris jamaicensis Dall 1898
recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi (Dall 1912)
recombined as Noetia macdonaldi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca lloydi Olsson 1922
recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi
Arca (Scapharca) actinophora (Dall 1898)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) actinophora
Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis (Maury 1917)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis
SUBSPECIES: Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis medioamericana
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny 1846)
recombined as Divalinga quadrisulcata
Phacoides radians (Conrad 1841)
replaced by Callucina keenae
SUBSPECIES: Phacoides radians medioamericanus
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula oropendula Olsson 1922
recombined as Caryocorbula oropendula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione grus (Holmes 1858)
recombined as Timoclea grus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena rotunda Dall 1915
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Cardita (Glans) scabricostata
unclassified
Glycymeris lloydsmithi Brown and Pilsbry 1917
recombined as Tucetona canalis lloydsmithi
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 83.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.9° North, 82.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 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 methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI.
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and antiquated nomenclature. COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs.
Metadata
Database number:134657
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-10-12 05:52:28 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-10-12 05:52:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43229. A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43491 B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]