NMB #10706 - Grand Bay Fm (Carriacou): Middle Miocene, Grenada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Sthenorytis grenadinarum
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cymatophos glareosus
Jung 1971
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Paraborsonia sp.
Pilsbry 1922
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium sp.
(Röding 1798)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus cf. polythalamia
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Caryophylliidae indet.
Gray 1847
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Caryophyllia cf. communis
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia sp.
Wood 1844
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unclassified
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Caritoma antillarum
Jung 1971
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Geography
| Country: | Grenada |
| Coordinates: | 12.5° North, 61.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.2° North, 61.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Grand Bay | ||||
| Local section: | Tarltons Point | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified tuff |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Tuffaceous facies. 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 | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: Most collections of the Grand Bay Fm may have lived in inner shelf depths of 20-50 m, although some may be deeper, or at least have had shallow-water fauna transported offshore. The fauna of the tuffaceous facies appears to have been deposited in slightly shallower water and is here assigned a "transition zone/lw shoreface" environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMB |
| Collection method comments: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Mollusca. Later publications may list non-molluscan taxa from these units. These are not available at this time. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58678 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Hendy, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-20 10:26:27 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-20 10:26:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16650. | P. Jung. 1971. Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies. Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(269):1-262 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |