Valle Central: Oligocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Farreidae
? Farrea sp. Bowerbank 1862
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
? Laocoetis sp. Pomel 1872
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 84.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.2° North, 79.5° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Oligocene
Age range of interval: 33.9 - 23.04 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pacacua Member:Tranquerillas
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:121297
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-01 22:53:26 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-12-01 22:53:26
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
38711. T. Aguilar. 1984. Presencia de esponjas (Porifera) en el Oligoceno de Costa Rica (Valle Central). Revista Geologica de America Central 1:19-28 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]