Gozo, Burdigalian (Miocene of Malta)

Where: Malta (36.0° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

• blue clay

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. L. Adams. 1879. On remains of Mastodon and other Vertebrata of the Miocene beds of the Maltese islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 35:517-531 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 118405: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal