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: offshore; poorly lithified sandstone

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 58668: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.02.2006, edited by Uta Merkel

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