Grand Bay 2 (Miocene of Grenada)
Also known as XU004
Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 60.4° W)
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When: Grand Bay Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology:
• The deepwater origin is demonstrated by abundant sedimentological, paleontological, and ichnological features
• Volcaniclastic turbidite succession deposited in a more easterly basin to the other Miocene formations and at a water depth in excess of 150 m
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the FLMNH
Primary reference: R. W. Portell, G. Hubbell, S. Donovan, D.A.T. Harper, and R. Pickerill. 2008. Miocene sharks in the Kendeace and Grand Bay formations of Carriacou, The Grenadines, Lesser Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 44(3):279-286 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162020: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 17.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
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Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
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Carcharhinus obscurus Le Sueur 1818 requiem shark | |
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Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
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Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |