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 58671: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial Subspecies: A. (A.) nobilis karsteni
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Vaginella sp. Daudin 1800 snail | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) sp. Röding 1798 wentletrap | |
? Antillophos sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk | |
"Mitra aff. mauryae" = Subcancilla mauryae
"Mitra aff. mauryae" = Subcancilla mauryae Anderson 1929 mitre shell | |
Terebra (? Myurellina) sp. Bartsch 1923 auger snail
Terebra (Myurellina) ? insulae Jung 1971 auger snail | |
Conus cf. consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Paraborsonia laeta Jung 1971 snail
Paraborsonia varicosa Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Fusiturricula sp., "? Pusia sp." = Vexillum (Pusia)
"? Pusia sp." = Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson 1840 ribbed mitre | |
"Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans" = Echinophoria famulans
"Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans" = Echinophoria famulans Jung 1971 snail | |
Ficus carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell | |
Crassispira sp. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum Jung 1971 scallop | |
Caritoma antillarum | |
Caritoma antillarum Jung 1971 |