Old Man Sam Creek: Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita matima n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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| recombined as Carditamera matima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites reevei
Gabb 1873
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| recombined as Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei | ||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gafrarium limonensis
Olsson 1922
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| synonym of Gouldia insularis | ||||||||||
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Chione mactropsis
(Conrad 1855)
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| recombined as Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides (Here) trisulcatus
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Cavilinga trisulcata | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Glycymeris jamaicensis
Dall 1898
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| recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis | ||||||||||
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Glycymeris decussatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Glycymeris decussata | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Arca (Scapharca) auriculata
(Lamarck 1819)
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| synonym of Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium luna
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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| synonym of Amusium toulae | ||||||||||
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Pecten (Chlamys) costaricensis
Olsson 1922
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| synonym of Argopecten uselmae | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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] |