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Limon - Moin - Empalme, Lim贸n Province, Costa Rica

GroupLimon
FormationMoin
MemberEmpalme
Age:3.60 - 0.78 Ma
Cenozoic
IntervalLate Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
Lithologysandstone, "limestone"/sandstone
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Empalme areaLim贸n Province, Costa RicaLimon - Moin - Empalme

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Limon - Moin - Santa Rosa3.60 - 0.78 Ma
Cenozoic
grainstone, siltstone/mudstone, siltstone, mudstone, claystone113

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Agaricia agaricites
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Agaricia : Agaricia agaricites3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Colpophyllia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Colpophyllia3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Manicina areolata
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Manicina : Manicina areolata3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Pseudodiploria strigosa
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Pseudodiploria : Pseudodiploria strigosa3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Caulastrea portoricensis
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Caulastrea : Caulastrea portoricensis3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Montastraea faveolata
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montastraeidae : Montastraea : Montastraea faveolata3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Montastrea imperatoris
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montastraeidae : Montastraea : Montastrea imperatoris3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Porites astreoides
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites astreoides3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Siderastrea siderea
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea siderea3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic

References

Budd A. F., Johnson K. G., et al (1999) Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica, Bulletins of American Paleontology 357, 119-158
Kiessling W., Simpson C., et al (2011) Taxonomic vetting of Pleistocene coral occurrence data
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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