TAFONOMÍA Y SEDIMENTOLOGÍA DE LA PALEOBIOTA ESTUARINA EN LOS CERROS BARBUDAL (COSTA RICA) SEPULTADA POR VULCANISMO NEÓGENO

 

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Autori: Aguilar, Teresita, Alvarado, Guillermo E.
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:2011
Descrizione:A marine taphocoenosis constituted by brachiopods and mollusks (bivalves and gastropods) wasfound interbedded in a Neogene volcaniclastic sequence (ignimbrites and tuffites from Bagaces Formation). Itis remarkable the finding of the first fossils of inarticulate brachiopods in Central America: Glottidia sp. Theseremains are well preserved because their calcium phosphate skeleton, while those from the mollusks, composedby calcium carbonate, are only preserved as internal casts. The fossils are now located just 10 m a.s.l., in spiteof their age of several million years. This may be due to a complex equilibrium between the region’s subsiden-ce and uplifting history. 
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/7276
Accesso online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/7276
Keyword:cerros barbudal
neogene volcanism
paleobiota
glottidia sp.
taphonomy
estuarine sedimentology
vulcanismo neógeno
tafonomía
sedimentología estuarina