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 58682: 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 | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Trivia cf. islahispaniolae Maury 1917 snail | |
Ficus carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell | |
Cymatophos glareosus Jung 1971 true whelk | |
Oliva (Strephonella) ? delata Jung 1971 olive snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Anthozoa | |
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral | |
Caryophylliidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral |