Contact Cut, reef stage 2, reef front: Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus 1758)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa (Linne 1767)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione compta (Broderip 1835)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis tropicalis Hertlein and Strong 1955
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus archon Broderip 1833
Conus (Lithoconus) archon Broderip 1833
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murexiella keenae Vokes 1970
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium nicaraguense Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Cerithium (Thericium) nicaraguense Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 83.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.6° North, 82.3° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean - Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pliocene - Late Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Quebrada Chocolate Member:Buenos Aires
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 3.7-3.6 Ma, late Early-early Late Pliocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: stage 2: beginning of siliciclastic input, transition fringing to barrier reef, close to coast, max. water depth 20 m
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3597
Database number:124268
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-02-10 02:04:32 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-02-10 02:04:32
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
40044. T. Bauch, J. J. G. Reijmer, D. F. McNeill and P. Schäfer. 2011. Development of a Pliocene mixed-carbonate siliciclastic reef (Limon, Costa Rica). Sedimentary Geology 239:37-47 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]