Santa Martabaai, Curaçao: Late Miocene - Pliocene, Netherlands Antilles
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus rotundatus
Heilprin 1887
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| west side | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga bisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1853)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Gastrochaenidae
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Spengleria rostrata
(Spengler 1793)
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Geography
| Country: | Netherlands Antilles |
| Coordinates: | 12.3° North, 69.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.6° North, 66.9° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene - Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Miocene - Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Seroe Domi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 209186 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-04-26 19:57:10 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-04-26 19:57:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72202. | 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] |