ammonites
Salina, ridges_59, Curacao (Pliocene of Netherlands Antilles)

Also known as Reef 2678

Where: Netherlands Antilles (12.1° N, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 68.6° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Seroe Domi Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Radiometric age 3 Ma, "Ridges unit"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Semiquantitative data reported as: 1 = rare, 2 = common, 3 = abundant, 4 = superabundant

Primary reference: A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Origination preceding extinction during late Cenozoic turnover of Caribbean reefs. Paleobiology 25(2):188-200 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41036: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.07.2004, edited by Uta Merkel