Buenos Aires area, sample 1344, Limon Basin (Pliocene to of Costa Rica)

Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buenos Aires Member (Quebrada Chocolate Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• late Early-early Late Pliocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified sandstone

• coral- and mollusk-rich carbonate sandstone, interbedded with the reefs of the Buenos Aires Member

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. F. Budd, K. G. Johnson, T. A. Stemann and B. H. Tompkins. 1999. Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:119-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71398: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Isophyllastrea sp." = Isophyllia, Mussismilia aff. harttii, Diploria sarasotana, Diploria labyrinthiformis, Colpophyllia sp., Colpophyllia natans, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, "Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa, Manicina areolata
"Isophyllastrea sp." = Isophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Mussismilia aff. harttii Verrill 1868 stony coral
[entered as Mussismilia hartti]
Diploria sarasotana Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia fragum
Favia fragum Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea portoricensis, "Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea sp., Montastraea faveolata, "Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata, Montastraea cavernosa
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis, Acropora palmata
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides, Porites portoricensis, Porites baracoaensis, Porites furcata
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites, "Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral