Old Man Sam Creek: Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita matima n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Carditamera matima | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites reevei
Gabb 1873
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recombined as Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Echinochama antiquata
(Guppy 1866)
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= Arcinella arcinella
Linnaeus 1767
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Perrilliat and Flores-Guerrero 2011 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gafrarium limonensis
Olsson 1922
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synonym of Gouldia insularis | ||||||||||
Chione mactropsis
(Conrad 1855)
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recombined as Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides (Here) trisulcatus
(Conrad 1841)
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recombined as Cavilinga trisulcata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis monilis n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris canalis
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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recombined as Tucetona pectinata canalis | ||||||||||
Glycymeris jamaicensis
Dall 1898
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recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis | ||||||||||
Glycymeris decussatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Glycymeris decussata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis
(Maury 1917)
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recombined as Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Arca (Scapharca) golfoyaquensis medioamericana | ||||||||||
Arca (Scapharca) auriculata
(Lamarck 1819)
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synonym of Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium luna
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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synonym of Amusium toulae | ||||||||||
Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis
Olsson 1922
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synonym of Argopecten uselmae | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora conchyliophora
(Born 1780)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella musacina
Olsson 1922
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta alfaroi
Dall 1912
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva cylindrica
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Perissityidae
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Phos moorei
Guppy 1866
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recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Phos moorei costaricensis | ||||||||||
Melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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Alectrion merenda n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astralium brevispinum
(Lamarck 1822)
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recombined as Lithopoma brevispinum | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Astralium brevispinum basalis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma mancinella
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella | ||||||||||
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: | 134673 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-10-12 06:51:35 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-10-12 06:51:35 |
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:
43283 | M. C. Perrilliat and P. Flores-Guerrero. 2011. Moluscos de la Formación Agueguexquite (Plioceno inferior) de Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 28(3):379-397 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |