Quebrada Melissa, Burica Peninsula [Charco Azul Fm]: Pliocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica nobilis
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica broderipiana
Récluz 1844
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina recurva
(Sowerby 1832)
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| recombined as Strombina (Recurvina) recurva | ||||||||||
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Strombina fusiformis
(Hinds 1844)
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| SUBSPECIES: S. fusiformis penita | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus mellissus n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Hanetia anomala
(Reeve 1847)
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| recombined as Solenosteira anomala | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: H. anomala burica | ||||||||||
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Strombinophos loripanus
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Phos (Antillophos) rutschi n. sp.
Olsson 1942
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| recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) rutschi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula dulcia n. sp.
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Turricula (Knefastia) andesita n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus arcuatus
Sowerby 1829
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| SUBSPECIES: C. arcuatus vacuanus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Oliva (Agaronia) testacea
Lamarck 1811
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| recombined as Agaronia testacea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva angulata
Lamarck 1811
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| synonym of Oliva (Oliva) incrassata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Phyllonotus brassica
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea ringens
(Swainson 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus ventricosus
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira sp.
Swainson 1840
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea megodon
Hanley 1846
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| recombined as Undulostrea megodon | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Scapharca) charcoazulensis n. sp.
Olsson 1942
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| recombined as Anadara (Rasia) charcoazulensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Fragum) magnificum
Carpenter 1857
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| synonym of Ctenocardia biangulata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione (Lirophora) ebergenyi
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| original and current combination Lirophora | ||||||||||
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Chione (Lirophora) kelletti
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| original and current combination Lirophora | ||||||||||
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Chione (Chione) vaca n. sp.
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Dosinia (Dosinidia) grandis
Nelson 1870
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| synonym of Dosinia ponderosa | ||||||||||
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Pitar (Lamelliconcha) mellisa n. sp.
Olsson 1942
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| recombined as Lamelliconcha mellisa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita laticostata
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 8.0° North, 82.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.9° North, 82.3° 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
| Formation: | Charco Azul | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Charco Azul Formation (Olsson 1942), which unconformably underlies the Armurelles Fm (Pleistocene). AGE: Pliocene as it is overlain by very different Pleistocene fauna Age supported by other sources, including Collins and Coates (1999). Correlated to Jama and Canoa Formations of Ecuador. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous unlithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Soft tuffaceous shale. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, base on figured specimens and lithologic description. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deposited in deeper waters, probably between 100 and 400 fathoms. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Presumably collected by A.A. Olsson. REPOSITORIES: Collections reposited at PRI. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: An authoratative publication, although somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and subgeneric classification. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 66791 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-16 10:10:15 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-16 10:10:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17423. | A. A. Olsson. 1942. Tertiary and Quaternary fossils from Burica Peninsula of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 27(106):1-106 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |