Lomas del Mar, eastern sequence, sample 2008, Limon Basin: Early Pleistocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander 1786)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Undaria agaricites (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Agaricia undata (Ellis and Solander 1786)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis asperula Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
1 specimen
Madracis decactis (Lyman 1859)
2 specimens
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 83.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.3° North, 82.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Limon Formation:Moin Member:Lomas del Mar
Local section:36 Local bed:61-64 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 1.9-1.5 Ma
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: isolated corals and patch reefs within a siliciclastic matrix
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3598
Database number:71767
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-09 04:54:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-09 04:54:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24129. A. F. Budd, K. G. Johnson, T. A. Stemann and B. H. Tompkins. 1999. Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:119-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]