Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° 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 58652: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2006, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Ficus ? carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell | |
"Bathygalea sp." = Echinophoria
"Bathygalea sp." = Echinophoria Sacco 1890 snail | |
Xenophora cf. delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell | |
? Jaspidella sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail | |
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Cymatophos cf. glareosus Jung 1971 true whelk | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
? Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
Polinices ? prolacteus moon snail | |
Protatlanta sp. Tesch 1908 snail | |
? Calliostoma aff. tarltonense Jung 1971 top snail
? Turcicula kendacensis Jung 1971 top snail | |
Sphaerocina formae snail | |
Vaginella "sp. A", Vaginella cf. depressa, Vaginella grenadinarum, Cavolinia pycna, "Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata, Clio kendacensis
Vaginella "sp. A" Daudin 1800 snail
Vaginella cf. depressa Daudin 1800 snail
Vaginella grenadinarum Jung 1971 snail
Cavolinia pycna 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 | |
Anthozoa | |
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral |