Where: Netherlands Antilles (12.1° N, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 68.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• 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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Hummelink in 1936

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: W. Hummelink, 1936. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88277: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.04.2009

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