Hill No. 1, Banana River [Rio Banano Fm] (Pliocene of Costa Rica)

Where: Costa Rica (9.6° N, 82.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.1° N, 82.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rio Banano Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: The Rio Banano Formation sits diachronously with abrupt lithological transition on the Uscari Formation, mostly conformably and sometimes disconformably. The Rio Banano Formation passes conformably into the Quebrada Chocolate Formation in the area immediately west of Limon but throughout most of the southern Limon Basin it is unconformably overlain by the breccia and coarse grained volcaniclastics of the Suretka Formation. AGE: direct date extrapolated from Bybell (1999) and Collins et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is representative of formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• No paleoenvironmental data provided.
• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI.

Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134664: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and antiquated nomenclature. COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Serpulorbis papulosa" = Serpulorbis papulosus
"Serpulorbis papulosa" = Serpulorbis papulosus Guppy 1866 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea ringens1 Swainson 1822 tun shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alectrion ranuncula Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina matima Olsson 1922 snail
"Strombina sincola" = Sincola (Sincola) sincola Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Phos veatchi n. sp." = Cymatophos veatchi Olsson 1922 true whelk
Metula cancellata Gabb 1873 true whelk
Solenosteira vaughani medioamericana Olsson 1922 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Dactylidella) paraisa2 Olsson 1956 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum
"Terebra spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus cf. interstinctus Guppy 1866 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
"Ancistrosyrinx elegans" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans
"Ancistrosyrinx elegans" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans Dall 1881 snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia musacina Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Cythara terminula costaricensis" = Lepicythara heptagona
"Cythara terminula costaricensis" = Lepicythara heptagona Gabb 1873 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Turricula lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis
"Turricula lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis Olsson 1922 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Marginella collina n. sp." = Volvarina collina
"Marginella collina n. sp." = Volvarina collina Olsson 1922 margin shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula vieta" = Varicorbula vieta, "Corbula oropendula" = Caryocorbula oropendula
"Corbula vieta" = Varicorbula vieta Guppy 1866 clam
"Corbula oropendula" = Caryocorbula oropendula Olsson 1922 clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Tellidora) cristata Récluz 1842 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum" = Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) stiriatum
"Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum" = Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) stiriatum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cockle
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella arcinella3 Linnaeus 1767 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Callocardia gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis
"Callocardia gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis Dall 1903 venus clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Scapharca) costaricensis" = Anadara (Rasia) costaricensis, "Arca pittieri" = Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri
"Arca (Scapharca) costaricensis" = Anadara (Rasia) costaricensis Olsson 1922 ark
"Arca pittieri" = Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri Dall 1912 ark
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi" = Noetia macdonaldi
"Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi" = Noetia macdonaldi Dall 1912 clam