Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.5° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 60.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Carriacou 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 Carriacou Fm. Apparently some taxa within these faunas may be reworked out of the underlying Belmont Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidalpoorly lithified
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 58728: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
? Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop |