Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 61.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kendeace Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 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 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. Other localities in the member yielded Foraminiferida, including Globigerinoides trilobus, Globorotalia siakensis, G. peripheroronda, Globoquadrina altispira, and Globigerinatella insueta, indicating zone N7.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; poorly lithified, calcareous siltstone
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 58646: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia ? cubaensis Lea 1841 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Scalina kendacensis Jung 1971 wentletrap |