Where: Limon, Costa Rica (9.6° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Uscari Formation (Limon Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Age based in Collins et al.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; green claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Material from Museo de Zoologia de Ia Escuela de Biologia (UCR)
Primary reference: C. A. Laurito. 1999. Los selaceos fósiles de Ia localidad de Alto Guayacan ( y otros ictiolitos asociados). 168 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162678: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 01.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Heptranchias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sevengill shark
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Scyliorhinus ambiatlanticus cat shark | |
Mustelus lunulatus hound shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark | |
Isogomphodon acuarius, Scoliodon taxandriae, Carcharhinus acanthodon, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus priscus, Physogaleus sp., Rhizoprionodon fischeuri
Isogomphodon acuarius daggernose shark
Scoliodon taxandriae Leriche 1926 requiem shark
Carcharhinus acanthodon requiem shark
Carcharhinus cionei requiem shark
Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841 requiem shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon fischeuri sharpnose shark | |
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Alopias superciliosus Lowe 1840 thresher shark | |
Ginglymostoma delfortriei Daimeries 1889 nurse shark | |
"Rhiniodon typus" = Rhincodon typus
"Rhiniodon typus" = Rhincodon typus Smith 1828 whale shark | |
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate | |
Rhynchobatus rudolffischeri wedgefish
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877 wedgefish | |
Pristis perotteti sawfish
Pristis pristis Linnaeus 1758 sawfish | |
Heterodontus uscariensis bullhead shark | |
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark | |
Isistius triangulus Probst 1879 shark | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Rhinoptera studeri Agassiz 1843 cownose ray
Mobula hypostoma devil ray
Mobula lorenzoizanoi devil ray
Manta sp. Bancroft 1829 manta | |
Dasyatis dianapizarroae whiptail stingray
Dasyatis cavernosa Probst 1877 whiptail stingray | |
Actinopteri | |
Sphyraena barracuda Edwards 1771 barracuda | |
Pagrus sp. Lacépède 1802 perch-like fish | |
Tetraodon sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Trichiurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 |