Santa Elena Peninsula, uppermost of Descartes Fm: Priabonian, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lepidocyclinidae
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Nummulitidae
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Amphisteginidae
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Geography
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.9° North, 85.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.1° North, 79.8° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Descartes |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | cherty/siliceous mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous wackestone |
| Environment: | deep subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: thin-bedded turbidites consisting of siliceous hemipelagic mudstones and lithic-arkosic, tuffaceous wackes and arenites | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179808 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-01 07:40:25 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-01-01 07:40:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59634. | G. Andjic, C. Baumgartner-Mora, and P. O. Baumgartner. 2016. An upper Paleogene shallowing-upward sequence in the southern Sandino Forearc Basin (NW Costa Rica): response to tectonic uplift. Facies 62(9) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen] |