NMB #10109 - Grand Bay Fm (Carriacou) (Miocene of Grenada)

Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 61.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grand Bay Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 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 sandy facies of the Grand Bay Fm. Jung (1971) assigns this a Middle Miocene age based on faunal affinities with other circum-Caribbean units.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified tuff

• Most collections of the Grand Bay Fm may have lived in inner shelf depths of 20-50 m, although some may be deeper, or at least have had shallow-water fauna transported offshore. The fauna of the tuffaceous facies appears to have been deposited in slightly shallower water and is here assigned a "transition zone/lw shoreface" environment.
• Tuffaceous facies. From specimens presented in photgraphic plates most material from Carriacou appears to be from poorly-lithified as opposed to cemented, or unconsolidated sediments. No information provided in text

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 58674: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.02.2006, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for Mollusca. Later publications may list non-molluscan taxa from these units. These are not available at this time.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora cf. imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
Subspecies: Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira altilira
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra cf. limata Jung 1971 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Oliva) cf. cristobalcoloni" = Oliva cristobalcoloni Maury 1917 olive snail
Oliva (? Strephonella) delata Jung 1971 olive snail
Oliva (? Omogymna) valens Jung 1971 olive snail
Jaspidella ? balba Jung 1971 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cymatophos glareosus Jung 1971 true whelk
? Metaphos "sp. A" Olsson 1964 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus "sp. A" Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus aff. tallis cone shell
Conus cf. consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus cf. imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus cf. aemulator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Paraborsonia varicosa Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira opulenta Jung 1971 turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Trivia cf. suffusa" = Niveria suffusa
"Trivia cf. suffusa" = Niveria suffusa Gray 1827 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Macrocypraea aff. zebra Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843 worm shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Lyropecten (Nodipecten) sp." = Nodipecten
"Lyropecten (Nodipecten) sp." = Nodipecten Dall 1898 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella sp. Iredale 1924 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium cf. uscarianum" = Fissidentalium uscarianum
"Dentalium cf. uscarianum" = Fissidentalium uscarianum Olsson 1922 tusk shell