PPP# 635 - Limón [Moin Fm] (Pleistocene of Costa Rica)

Also known as NMB Loc. 18083

Where: Limon, Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 83.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Member (Moin Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: The Moin Formation sits conformably on the Quebrada Chocolate Fomation and has no upper contact. AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue, silty claystone and volcaniclastic, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• Contains reef units in some parts of section.
• Blue-gray silty claystone and blocky, muddy, shelly volcaniclastic sandstone with common basalt granules. The lower part of the section contains laminated pyritic, organic-rich claystone and erect branching broyzoans.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff) collected on 4/3/89. REPOSITORIES: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),

Primary reference: L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79842: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 25.03.2008, edited by Austin Hendy and Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution.
unclassified
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Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae
Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816
 Cheilostomata - Petraliidae
 Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
 Cheilostomata - Sertellidae
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
 Cheilostomata - Margarettidae
 Cheilostomata - Cheiloporinidae
 Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
 Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
 Cheilostomata - Mamilloporidae
 Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
 Cheilostomata - Candidae
 Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
 Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
 Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Costelloleda sp. Hertlein and Strong 1940 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp. Schenck 1944 nut clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea sp., "Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca)
Myrtea sp. Turton 1822 clam
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901 clam
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimya sp. Rouault 1850 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail
Trivia (Dolichupis) sp. Iredale 1930 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Agatrix sp. Petit 1967 nutmeg
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Minioliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
sensu lato
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Nassarina sp. Dall 1889 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Engina moinensis Landau and Vermeij 2012 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gemmula sp. Weinkauff 1875 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Nannodiella sp. Dall 1919 snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Leptadrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Vitricythara sp. Fargo 1953 snail
Kurtziella (Cryoturris) sp. Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Granulina sp. Jousseaume 1888 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Cheilea sp. Modeer 1793 hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus Lea 1843 worm shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
? Brachystomia sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Heliacus sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia sp. Avilgaard 1791 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Arene sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
sensu lato
 Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia pittieri Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Guynia annulata Duncan 1872 stony coral