Golden Bay: Messinian, Malta
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Corallinaceae
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Corallinaceae indet.
Lamouroux 1816
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Entobia sp.
Bronn 1838
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Lobophylliidae
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Acanthastrea (Isophyllastrea) madeirensis
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea radians
(Pallas 1766)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Tarbellastraea reussiana
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astraea italica
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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? Fissurella sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Haliotidae
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Haliotis tuberculata
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea fabagina
Lamarck 1810
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recombined as Prozonarina fabagina | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara fichtelii
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima squamosa
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys fasciculata
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga lithodomus
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Lithophaga lithophaga
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Clavagellidae
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Clavagella sp.
Blainville 1817
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Jouannetia semicaudata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia umbonaria
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita calyculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Cardita (Cardita) calyculata | |||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Callianassa munieri
Brocchi 1883
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Galatheidae
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Galathea sp.
Fabricius 1793
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Galathea weinfurteri
Bachmayer 1950
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Porcellanidae
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Petrolisthes cf. magnus
Müller 1984
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Paguridae
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? Pagurus turcus
Müller 1984
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calcinidae
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Dardanus hungaricus
(Lörenthey and Beurlen 1929)
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original and current combination Pagurites (Propagurites) hungaricus | |||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Annuntidiogenidae
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Paguristes sp.
Dana 1851
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Paguristes cserhatensis
Müller 1984
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Dromiidae
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Dromia neogenica
Müller 1978
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Xanthidae
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Xantho moldavicus
(Yanakevich 1977)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Panopeidae
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Panopeus muelleri n. sp.
Gatt and de Angeli 2010
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calappidae
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Calappa praelata
Lorenthey 1929
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Mithracidae
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Micippa annamariae n. sp.
Gatt and de Angeli 2010
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Epialtidae
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Herbstia melitense n. sp.
Gatt and de Angeli 2010
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Majidae
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Maja biaensis
Lorenthey 1929
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Carcinidae
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Xaiva bachmayeri
Muller 1984
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Carpiliidae
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Carpilius sp.
Desmarest 1823
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Pilumnidae
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Pilumnus scaber n. sp.
Gatt and de Angeli 2010
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Dairidae
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Daira speciosa
Reuss 1871
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Pyrgomatidae
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Creusia costata
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Stylocidaris melitensis
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Brissus sp.
Gray 1825
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Malta |
Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 14.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 14.1° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Upper Coralline Limestone | Member: | Tal Pitkal | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of the Upper Coralline Limestone, termed as the Depiru Beds – a subdivision of the Tal-Pitkal Member |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: patch-reefs associated with intra-framework and fissure infill coarse-grained whitish sediments | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Geology comments: open framework leeward ramp patch-reefs |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Reef 712 | ||
Database number: | 131977 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-08-03 23:32:05 | Last modified: | 2012-08-03 08:32:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-03 23:32:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
42540. | M. Gatt and A. de Angeli. 2010. A new coral-associated decapod assemblage from the Upper Miocene (Messinian) Upper Coralline Limestone of Malta (central Mediterranean). Palaeontology 53(6):1315-1348 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |