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 58643: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Protatlanta sp. Tesch 1908 snail | |
Vaginella "sp. A", Vaginella sp., Vaginella cf. depressa, Cavolinia pycna, Cavolinia regulae, "Styliola sulcifera" = Styliola subula, "Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata, Clio kendacensis
Vaginella "sp. A" Daudin 1800 snail
Vaginella sp. Daudin 1800 snail
Vaginella cf. depressa Daudin 1800 snail
Cavolinia pycna snail
Cavolinia regulae snail
"Styliola sulcifera" = Styliola subula Quoy and Gaimard 1827 snail
"Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata Gabb 1873 snail
Clio kendacensis Jung 1971 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Propeamussium (Parvamussium) ? sp. Sacco 1897 mud scallop | |
Limopsis grenadinarum Jung 1971 clam |