NMB #10744 - Belmont Fm (Carriacou) (Miocene of Grenada)

Where: Grenada (12.4° N, 61.5° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 60.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 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 undifferentiated Belmont Formation, which forms the oldest part of the Carriacou Miocene succession.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastalpoorly lithified

• Locally the water was probably shallow; no genera suggest deeper-water environments.
• No lithology specified. Could be either calcareous fine siliciclastic or limestone? 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 58690: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.02.2006, 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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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Cymatium sp.
Cymatium sp. Röding 1798 triton shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (? Myurellina) sp.
Terebra (? Myurellina) sp. Bartsch 1923 auger snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea aff. antiguensis" = Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) antiguensis
"Ostrea aff. antiguensis" = Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) antiguensis Brown 1913 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cf. cavernosa
Montastrea cf. cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral