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
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
Anthozoa | |
Stylophora cf. imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira altilira
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Mitra cf. limata Jung 1971 mitre shell | |
"Oliva (Oliva) cf. cristobalcoloni" = Oliva cristobalcoloni, Oliva (? Strephonella) delata, Oliva (? Omogymna) valens, Jaspidella ? balba
"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 | |
Cymatophos glareosus Jung 1971 true whelk
? Metaphos "sp. A" Olsson 1964 true whelk | |
Fusinus "sp. A" Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
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 | |
Paraborsonia varicosa Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Polystira opulenta Jung 1971 turrid | |
Ficus carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell | |
"Trivia cf. suffusa" = Niveria suffusa
"Trivia cf. suffusa" = Niveria suffusa Gray 1827 snail | |
Macrocypraea aff. zebra Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lyropecten (Nodipecten) sp." = Nodipecten
"Lyropecten (Nodipecten) sp." = Nodipecten Dall 1898 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Eucrassatella sp. Iredale 1924 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium cf. uscarianum" = Fissidentalium uscarianum
"Dentalium cf. uscarianum" = Fissidentalium uscarianum Olsson 1922 tusk shell |