Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 60.2° 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 58642: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Limopsis grenadinarum Jung 1971 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cavolinia cf. regulae, Clio cf. pulcherrims, Clio pedemontana, Clio sp., Clio kendacensis, "Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata, Vaginella "sp. A", Vaginella cf. depressa
Cavolinia cf. regulae snail
Clio cf. pulcherrims snail
Clio pedemontana snail
Clio sp. Linnaeus 1767 snail
Clio kendacensis Jung 1971 snail
"Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata Gabb 1873 snail
Vaginella "sp. A" Daudin 1800 snail
Vaginella cf. depressa Daudin 1800 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Paraborsonia sp. Pilsbry 1922 snail |