Also known as Section 8 of Giannelli & Salvatorini

Where: Malta (36.0° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 14.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Greensand Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• middle Tortonian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Menesini. 1972. Resti di vertebrati raccolti in sedimenti Miocenici dell'arcipelago Maltese. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A 79:77-86 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 121992: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.12.2011

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