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Juanilla, La Cruz Canton, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Formation | Juanilla |
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Age: | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic |
Interval | Chattian |
Lithology | framestone |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 16 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Santa Elena Peninsula | La Cruz Canton, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica | Juanilla |
Isla Juanilla | La Cruz Canton, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica | Juanilla |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Descartes | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | mudstone/wackestone | 9 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Hydnophora sp. genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Hydnophora | 28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic |
Lepidocyclina sp. genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Lepidocyclinidae : Lepidocyclina | 28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic |
Miogypsinoides sp. genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Miogypsinidae : Miogypsinoides | 28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic |
Miolepidocyclina sp. genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Miogypsinidae : Miolepidocyclina | 28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic |
Discoaster sp. genus | Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Discoasterales : Discoasteraceae : Discoaster | 28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic |
Discoaster deflandrei species | Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Coccolithales : Coccolithaceae : Discoaster : Discoaster deflandrei | 28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic |
References
Andjic G., Baumgartner-Mora C., et al (2016) An upper Paleogene shallowing-upward sequence in the southern Sandino Forearc Basin (NW Costa Rica): response to tectonic uplift, Facies 62 9 |
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!