Herrandura Quepos Esp064: Thanetian, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Truncorotaloididae
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica State/province:Guanacaste
Coordinates: 9.6° North, 84.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.9° North, 76.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Thanetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Thanetian
Age range of interval: 59.24 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Barra Honda
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: rudstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:215873
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Hassell
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2020-11-26 15:05:18 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2020-11-26 15:05:18
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
74501. C. Baumgartner-Mora and P. O. Baumgartner. 2016. Paleocene-earliest Eocene larger benthic foraminifera and Ranikothalia-bearing carbonate paleo-environments of Costa Rica (South Central America). Micropaleontology 62(6):453-508 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]