Grand Bay Formation

The Grand Bay Formation is a geologic formation in Grenada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Miocene period.[1]

Grand Bay Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Miocene
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryTuff
OtherSandstone
Location
Coordinates12.4°N 61.4°W / 12.4; -61.4
Approximate paleocoordinates12.1°N 61.1°W / 12.1; -61.1
RegionCarriacou
Country Grenada
Grand Bay Formation (Grenada)

Fossil content

  • Ophiocamax ventosa[2]
  • Paragonaster(?) haldixoni[2]
  • Torqueoliva[3]

See also

References

  1. Grand Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Jagt et al., 2014
  3. 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; Trevor A. Jackson (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.
  • Bernard Manuel Landau; Carlos Marques da Silva; Antoine Heitz (2016). "Systematics of the gastropods of the lower-middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela" (PDF). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 389–390: 1–581.

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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