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
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Ampullina sp.
Férussac 1822
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Raetomyidae
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Raetomya arbolensis
(Woods 1922)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Amotapus arbolensis | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Raetomya arbolensis falconensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Clementia cf. parinensis
(Olsson 1928)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Clementia (Clementia) parinensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia parinensis
(Olsson 1928)
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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] |