Puerto Nispero: Late Paleocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Euphyllia donatoi Aguilar and Denyer 2001
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica State/province:Guanacaste
Coordinates: 10.2° North, 85.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.8° North, 77.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Thanetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Late Paleocene
Age range of interval: 59.24 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Barra Honda
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: patch reef in very shallow water with a high sedimentation rate
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:85333
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-12-15 02:31:51 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
28781. T. Aguilar and P. Denyer. 2001. Una especie nueva de Euphyllia (Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae) en las calizas de Barra Honda (Paleogeno), Costa Rica [A new Euphyllia species (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) in the Barra Honda Limestone (Paleogene), Costa Rica]. Revista de Biologia Tropical 49:195-201 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]