The Belmont Formation is a geologic formation in Grenada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Burdigalian period.[1]
| Belmont Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Burdigalian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Kendace Calcareous Silt Member |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 12°30′N 61°24′W / 12.5°N 61.4°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 12°12′N 60°12′W / 12.2°N 60.2°W |
| Region | Carriacou |
| Country |  Grenada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Belmont |
  Belmont Formation, Grenada (Grenada) | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Belmont Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading edit
- P. Jung. 1971. Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies. Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(269):1-262
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
- H. G. Richards, R. T. Abbott, and T. Skymer. 1969. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of Bermuda. Notulae Naturae 425:1-10