Burica Point, Burica Peninsula [Burica Sandstone]: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) buricum n. sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella cf. gatunensis Conrad 1857
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hanetia pelicana n. sp.
Cantharus amycus n. sp.
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863
Phos (Antillophos) gatunensis (Toula 1909)
recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Strioterebrum) sp. (Sacco 1891)
original and current combination Strioterebrum
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya burica n. sp. Olsson 1942
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula iphigenia Dall 1896
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) iphigenia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811
Chione (Chione) araneosa
Luciploma panamensis n. sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira bisecta (Conrad 1849)
recombined as Conchocele bisecta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten cf. tumbezensis d'Orbigny 1846
recombined as Leptopecten tumbezensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Coronula diadema (Linnaeus 1767)
Taylor et al. 2019
Insecta - Hemiptera
Emiliana huxleyi
Taylor et al. 2019
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8.0° North, 82.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.0° North, 82.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Burica Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Burica Sandstone Formation (Olsson 1942), which underlies the Charco Azul Fm (Pliocene) and unconformably overlies basement. AGE: Eary Pliocene as it is overlain by younger Pliocene units and shows some dissimilarity to regional Miocene faunas.

Age after Taylor et al 2019
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly poorly lithified sandy conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Soft tuffaceous shale. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, base on figured specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data reported though text mentions several shallow water forms. The presence of Calyptogena, Solemya, Thyasira could point to vent type fauna.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:occasional
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 or Mr Terry. 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:66797
Authorizer:A. Hendy, M. Uhen Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-16 10:30:13 Last modified:2019-11-25 17:39:24
Access level:the public Released:2006-10-16 10:30:13
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]

Secondary references:

71065 L. D. Taylor, A. O'Dea, T. J. Bralower and S. Finnegan. 2019. Isotopes from fossil coronulid barnacle shells record evidence of migration in multiple Pleistocene whale populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]