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: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified tuff
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 58676: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.02.2006, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Caryophylliidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral | |
Flabellum ex gr. pavoninum Lesson 1831 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Eucrassatella sp. Iredale 1924 clam | |
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Pecten aff. ventonensis Cooke 1919 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium cf. uscarinanum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Nerita (? Nerita) exuvioides" = Nerita (Theliostyla) exuvioides
"Nerita (? Nerita) exuvioides" = Nerita (Theliostyla) exuvioides Trechmann 1935 snail | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) sp. Woodring 1928 cerith snail | |
Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira altilira
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? Semicassis sp. Mörch 1852 snail | |
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell | |
Ficus carriacouensis Trechmann 1935 fig shell | |
Macrocypraea cf. zebra Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Chicoreus jungi Vokes 1990 murex snail | |
Conus aff. tallis cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus cf. consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus cf. imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell | |
Terebra lehneri Rutsch 1934 auger snail
Terebra (? Myurellina) sp. Bartsch 1923 auger snail | |
Hindsiclava consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Polystira opulenta Jung 1971 turrid | |
Oliva (? Strephonella) delata Jung 1971 olive snail
Oliva (? Omogymna) valens Jung 1971 olive snail | |
Serpulorbis (Serpulorbis) sp. Sasso 1827 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail |