Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 60.1° 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
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 58649: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
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? Turcicula ? kendacensis Jung 1971 top snail
? Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
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
Cavolinia pycna snail
Clio kendacensis Jung 1971 snail
"Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata Gabb 1873 snail | |
Sphaerocina formae snail | |
Polinices ? prolacteus, "Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
Polinices ? prolacteus moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Carinaria sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Cymatophos cf. glareosus Jung 1971 true whelk | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
? Jaspidella sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail | |
"Pustularia (Pustularia) caribaea" = Propustularia caribaea
"Pustularia (Pustularia) caribaea" = Propustularia caribaea Schilder 1939 cowry | |
Ficus ? carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Limopsis grenadinarum Jung 1971 clam |