NMB #10789 - Belmont Fm (Carriacou): Early/Lower Miocene, Grenada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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? Turcicula kendacensis
Jung 1971
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Cavolinia regulae
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Clio cf. pulcherrima
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Clio kendacensis
Jung 1971
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Vaginella aff. undulata
Gabb 1873
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| synonym of Edithinella undulata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scalina kendacensis
Jung 1971
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices ? prolacteus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cymatophos cf. glareosus
Jung 1971
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Metula sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra sp.
Lamarck 1798
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Paraborsonia sp.
Pilsbry 1922
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Ancilla (Eburna) ex gr. sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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| original and current combination Eburna | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio (Rhysema) cf. decussata
(Valenciennes 1832)
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| Subspecies: Distorsio (Rhysema) cf. decussata gatunensis | ||||||||||
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= Distorsio mcgintyi
Emerson and Puffer 1953
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Beu 2010 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans
Jung 1971
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| recombined as Echinophoria famulans | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira sp.
Swainson 1840
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiacyathidae
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Fungiacyathus cf. symmetricus
(Pourtales 1871)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Trochocyathus cf. rawsoni
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Grenada |
| Coordinates: | 12.5° North, 61.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.2° North, 60.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Belmont | Member: | Kendace Calcareous Silt | ||
| Local section: | Bretache Point | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified calcareous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Calcareous siltstone. 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 | |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
| Geology comments: Probably deposited in deep-water, approximately greater than 200, but no deeper than 800 m. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMB |
| Collection method comments: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Mollusca. Later publications may list non-molluscan taxa from these units. These are not available at this time. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58644 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Hendy, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-17 09:29:21 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-17 09:29:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16650. | P. Jung. 1971. Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies. Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(269):1-262 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 30037 | A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 36423 | B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |