Rio Betey: Pliocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
synonym of Semicassis reclusa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria gorgasiana Brown and Pilsbry 1913
recombined as Pleuroploca gorgasiana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Phos beteyensis n. sp. Olsson 1922
recombined as Cymatophos beteyensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica granulata (Lamarck 1822)
synonym of Architectonica nobilis
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia tristani n. sp. Olsson 1922
recombined as Cyathodonta tristani
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclinella beteyensis n. sp. Olsson 1922
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus cebus n. sp. Olsson 1922
Psammosolen gatunensis (Toula 1909)
SUBSPECIES: Psammosolen gatunensis costaricensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma costaricana Olsson 1922
Metis barba n. sp. Olsson 1922
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Laevicardium serratum
Cardium heredium Olsson 1922
recombined as Trigoniocardia heredia
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca hindsi Olsson 1922
recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi
Arca pittieri (Dall 1912)
recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi (Dall 1912)
recombined as Noetia macdonaldi
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:134678
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-10-12 07:39:04 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-10-12 07:39:04
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]