Grand_Bay_Formation

Grand Bay Formation

Grand Bay Formation

Geologic formation in Grenada

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

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Grand Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. [2]
    Jagt et al., 2014
  3. [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. Bibcode:2014GeoM..151..381J. doi:10.1017/S0016756813000204. S2CID 54043578.
  • 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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