Grand Bay Formation

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 / 12.4; -61.4
Paleocoordinates	[ ⚑ ] 12°06′N 61°06′W / 12.1°N 61.1°W / 12.1; -61.1
Region	Carriacou
Country	Grenada
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]

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

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Grenada

• 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. Retrieved 2019-02-05. 

• 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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