Seroe Mainchi, St. Joris Bay: Early/Lower Eocene, Netherlands Antilles
collected by Hummelink 1936

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Raetomyidae
Raetomya arbolensis (Woods 1922)
2 specimens
recombined as Amotapus arbolensis
SUBSPECIES: Raetomya arbolensis falconensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Clementia cf. parinensis (Olsson 1928)
20 specimens
original and current combination Clementia (Clementia) parinensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia parinensis (Olsson 1928)
1 specimen
recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) parinensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Netherlands Antilles
Coordinates: 12.1° North, 68.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.7° North, 68.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Eocene
Age range of interval:55.80000 - 48.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed unit, which is overlain by quaternary limestone. AGE: Early Eocene (Ypresian); on the basis of bivalve biostratigraphy; based primarily on identification of Venericardia parinensis. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From marly limestone, 15 m below the top of the hill at an altitude of 43 m.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marly limestone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Hummelink Collection dates:1936
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: W. Hummelink, 1936. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with slightly antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:88277
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-04-06 07:14:13 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2009-04-06 07:14:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29641. C. O. van Regteren Altena. 1941. Old Tertiary Mollusca from Curaçao. Nederl. Akademie van Wetenscahppen 44(10):1231-1238 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]