Valle Central (Oligocene of Costa Rica)

Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 84.2° W: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 81.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tranquerillas Member (Pacacua Formation), Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121297: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
? Laocoetis sp.
? Laocoetis sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Farreidae
? Farrea sp.
? Farrea sp. Bowerbank 1862 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia sp.
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838 demosponge