Near Spaans Lagoen (Miocene to of Aruba)

Where: Aruba (12.5° N, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 68.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Seroe Domi Formation, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Biostratigraphy and strontium isotope dating suggest an age range from Middle Miocene (Langhian and Serravallian) for the lower part of the formation and Late Miocene-Pliocene (Tortonian-Piacenzian) or possibly early Pleistocene (Gelasian) for the upper part (Foulke et al., 1996; Budd et al., 1998).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. H. De Buisonjé. 1974. Neogene and Quaternary geology of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen 74:1-291 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209169: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2020

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Macropneustes ventricosus Lamarck 1816 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster rosaceus Linnaeus 1758 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Encope michelini Agassiz 1841 sand dollar
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus rotundatus Heilprin 1887 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial