NMB #10699 - Belmont Fm (Carriacou) (Miocene of Grenada)

Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 60.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kendace Calcareous Silt Member (Belmont 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 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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; poorly lithified, calcareous siltstone

• Probably deposited in deep-water, approximately greater than 200, but no deeper than 800 m.
• Calcareous siltstone. From specimens presented in photgraphic plates most material from Carriacou appears to be from poorly-lithified as opposed to cemented, or unconsolidated sediments. No information provided in text

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 58652: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2006, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for Mollusca. Later publications may list non-molluscan taxa from these units. These are not available at this time.
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Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp.
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
? Turcicula kendacensis, ? Calliostoma aff. tarltonense
? Turcicula kendacensis Jung 1971 top snail
? Calliostoma aff. tarltonense Jung 1971 top snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Vaginella "sp. A", Vaginella grenadinarum, Vaginella cf. depressa, Cavolinia pycna, Clio kendacensis, "Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata
Vaginella "sp. A" Daudin 1800 snail
Vaginella grenadinarum Jung 1971 snail
Vaginella cf. depressa Daudin 1800 snail
Clio kendacensis Jung 1971 snail
"Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata Gabb 1873 snail
 Thecosomata -
Sphaerocina formae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum sp.
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices ? prolacteus, "Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius, ? Sinum sp.
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
? Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Atlantidae
Protatlanta sp.
Protatlanta sp. Tesch 1908 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cymatophos cf. glareosus, Metula sp.
Cymatophos cf. glareosus Jung 1971 true whelk
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
? Jaspidella sp.
? Jaspidella sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Bathygalea sp." = Echinophoria
"Bathygalea sp." = Echinophoria Sacco 1890 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus ? carriacouensis
Ficus ? carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora cf. delecta
Xenophora cf. delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium (? Parvamussium) sp.
Propeamussium (? Parvamussium) sp. Sacco 1897 mud scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis grenadinarum
Limopsis grenadinarum Jung 1971 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia sp.
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral