Earth:Grand Bay Formation
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Short description: Geologic formation in Grenada
| Grand Bay Formation Stratigraphic range: Middle Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Tuff |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 12°24′N 61°24′W / 12.4°N 61.4°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 12°06′N 61°06′W / 12.1°N 61.1°W |
| Region | Carriacou |
  Grand Bay Formation (Grenada) | |
The Grand Bay Formation is a geologic formation in Grenada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Miocene period.[1]
Fossil content
- Ophiocamax ventosa[2]
- Paragonaster(?) haldixoni[2]
- Torqueoliva[3]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Grenada
References
- ↑ Grand Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Jagt et al., 2014
- ↑ Landau, da Silva & Heitz, 2016
Bibliography
- John W. M. Jagt; Ben Thuy; Stephen K. Donovan; Sabine Stöhr; Roger W. Portell; Ron K. Pickerill; David A. T. Harper; William Lindsay et al. (2014). "A starfish bed in the Middle Miocene Grand Bay Formation of Carriacou, The Grenadines (West Indies)". Geological Magazine 151 (3): 381–393. doi:10.1017/S0016756813000204. Bibcode: 2014GeoM..151..381J. http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/6917.
- Bernard Manuel Landau; Carlos Marques da Silva; Antoine Heitz (2016). "Systematics of the gastropods of the lower-middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela". Bulletins of American Paleontology 389–390: 1–581. https://www.priweb.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5807.pdf.
Further reading
- R. W. Portell, G. Hubbell, S. Donovan, D.A.T. Harper, and R. Pickerill. 2008. Miocene sharks in the Kendeace and Grand Bay formations of Carriacou, The Grenadines, Lesser Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 44(3):279-286
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