Rooi Taki, right bank (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 209168: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2020

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster rosaceus Linnaeus 1758 sand dollar
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys anteamplicostatus" = Argopecten anteamplicostata, "Aequipecten muscosus" = Lindapecten muscosus
"Chlamys anteamplicostatus" = Argopecten anteamplicostata Mansfield 1936 calico scallop
"Aequipecten muscosus" = Lindapecten muscosus Wood 1828 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cf. frons" = Dendostrea frons
"Ostrea cf. frons" = Dendostrea frons Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp., "Glycymeris cf. pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
"Glycymeris cf. pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Antigona rugatina" = Globivenus rugatina
"Antigona rugatina" = Globivenus rugatina Heilprin 1886 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail