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 58676: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.02.2006, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Nerita (? Nerita) exuvioides" = Nerita (Theliostyla) exuvioides
"Nerita (? Nerita) exuvioides" = Nerita (Theliostyla) exuvioides Trechmann 1935 snail | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Serpulorbis (Serpulorbis) sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
? Semicassis sp. Mörch 1852 snail | |
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell | |
Macrocypraea cf. zebra Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Ficus carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell | |
Chicoreus jungi Vokes 1990 murex snail | |
Oliva (? Omogymna) valens Jung 1971 olive snail
Oliva (? Strephonella) delata Jung 1971 olive snail | |
Hindsiclava consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Polystira opulenta Jung 1971 turrid | |
Terebra (? Myurellina) sp. Bartsch 1923 auger snail
Terebra lehneri Rutsch 1934 auger snail | |
Conus aff. tallis cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus cf. imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus cf. consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira altilira
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Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) sp. Woodring 1928 cerith snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium cf. uscarinanum tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Eucrassatella sp. Iredale 1924 clam | |
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle | |
Pecten aff. ventonensis Cooke 1919 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Caryophylliidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral | |
Flabellum ex gr. pavoninum Lesson 1831 stony coral |