Barra Honda: Thanetian - Ypresian, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Florideophyceae - Peyssonneliales - Peyssonneliaceae
Ethelia alba (Pfender 1936)
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica State/province:Guanacaste
Coordinates: 10.2° North, 85.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.1° North, 77.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene - Eocene
Stage: Thanetian - Ypresian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1 - Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Thanetian - Ypresian
Age range of interval: 59.24 - 48.07 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Barra Honda
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: wackestone
Secondary lithology: lime mudstone
Environment:platform/shelf-margin reef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:215787
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Hassell
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2020-11-20 20:09:29 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2020-11-20 20:09:29
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
74432. S. Jaccard, M. Munster, P. O. Baumgartner, C. Baumgartner-Mora, and P. Denyer. 2001. Barra Honda (upper Paleocene-lower Eocene) and El Viejo (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Carbonate platforms in the Tempisque area (Guanacaste, Costa Rica). Revista Geologica de America Central 24:9-28 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]