Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 60.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kendace Calcareous Silt Member (Belmont Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• The principal, nominal sedimentary units of the mid-Tertiary succession of Carriacou are the Belmont Formation (lower Miocene), Kendeace Formation (lower Miocene), Carriacou Formation (middle Miocene) and Grand Bay Formation (middle Miocene). The collection originates from the Kendace Calcareous Silt Member of the Belmont Fm. Jung (1971) assigns an Early Miocene age. The age is determined relative (underlying) to the Grand Bay Formation, as the other units are small and poorly preserved.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; poorly lithified, calcareous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
• Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland.
Primary reference: P. Jung. 1971. Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies. Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(269):1-262 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58640: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Protatlanta sp. Tesch 1908 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Vaginella "sp A", Vaginella sp., Vaginella grenadinarum, Vaginella cf. depressa, Cavolinia pycna, Cavolinia regulae, "Cavolinia cf. vendryesiana" = Cavolinia marginata, "Styliola sulcifera" = Styliola subula, Clio sp., Clio kendacensis
Vaginella "sp A" Daudin 1800 snail
Vaginella sp. Daudin 1800 snail
Vaginella grenadinarum Jung 1971 snail
Vaginella cf. depressa Daudin 1800 snail
Cavolinia pycna snail
Cavolinia regulae snail
"Cavolinia cf. vendryesiana" = Cavolinia marginata Bronn 1962 snail
"Styliola sulcifera" = Styliola subula Quoy and Gaimard 1827 snail
Clio sp. Linnaeus 1767 snail
Clio kendacensis Jung 1971 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Limopsis grenadinarum Jung 1971 clam | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra |