Where: Grenada (12.5° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° 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 58654: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2006, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Caryophylliidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral | |
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Protatlanta sp. Tesch 1908 snail | |
Trivia cf. islahispaniolae Maury 1917 snail | |
"Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata, Cavolinia pycna, Cavolinia regulae, Clio kendacensis, Vaginella cf. depressa
"Vaginella aff. undulata" = Edithinella undulata Gabb 1873 snail
Cavolinia pycna snail
Cavolinia regulae snail
Clio kendacensis Jung 1971 snail
Vaginella cf. depressa Daudin 1800 snail |