NMB #10798 - Carriacou Fm (Carriacou) (Miocene of Grenada)

Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 60.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Carriacou 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 Carriacou Fm. Apparently some taxa within these faunas may be reworked out of the underlying Belmont Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified limestone

• Said to be tropical shallow water, and contains various epifaunal and endoliths. Presumably a limestone fauna.
• No lithology specified, but presumed to be a 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 58732: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.02.2006

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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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris cf. secticostata
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp.
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp.
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid