NMB #10789 - Belmont 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: 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

• Probably deposited in deep-water, approximately greater than 200, but no deeper than 800 m.
• Calcareous siltstone. 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 58644: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2006, edited by Uta Merkel

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.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiacyathidae
Fungiacyathus cf. symmetricus Pourtales 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
? Turcicula kendacensis Jung 1971 top snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Scalina kendacensis Jung 1971 wentletrap
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira sp. Swainson 1840 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla (Eburna) ex gr. sp." = Eburna
"Ancilla (Eburna) ex gr. sp." = Eburna Lamarck 1801 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cymatophos cf. glareosus Jung 1971 true whelk
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Paraborsonia sp. Pilsbry 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953 snail
Subspecies: Distorsio (Rhysema) cf. decussata gatunensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans" = Echinophoria famulans
"Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans" = Echinophoria famulans Jung 1971 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
"Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata Gabb 1873 snail
Clio kendacensis Jung 1971 snail