Golden Bay: Messinian, Malta

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastrea (Isophyllastrea) madeirensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea radians (Pallas 1766)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea italica
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
? Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea fabagina Lamarck 1810
recombined as Prozonarina fabagina
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara fichtelii
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima squamosa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys fasciculata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithodomus
Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella sp. Blainville 1817
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Jouannetia semicaudata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia umbonaria
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa munieri Brocchi 1883
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Galathea sp. Fabricius 1793
Galathea weinfurteri Bachmayer 1950
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Petrolisthes cf. magnus Müller 1984
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae
? Pagurus turcus Müller 1984
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calcinidae
Dardanus hungaricus (Lörenthey and Beurlen 1929)
original and current combination Pagurites (Propagurites) hungaricus
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Annuntidiogenidae
Paguristes sp. Dana 1851
Paguristes cserhatensis Müller 1984
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae
Dromia neogenica Müller 1978
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Xantho moldavicus (Yanakevich 1977)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae
Panopeus muelleri n. sp. Gatt and de Angeli 2010
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappa praelata Lorenthey 1929
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mithracidae
Micippa annamariae n. sp. Gatt and de Angeli 2010
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae
Herbstia melitense n. sp. Gatt and de Angeli 2010
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae
Maja biaensis Lorenthey 1929
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Xaiva bachmayeri Muller 1984
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Carpilius sp. Desmarest 1823
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Pilumnus scaber n. sp. Gatt and de Angeli 2010
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia costata
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Stylocidaris melitensis
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissus sp. Gray 1825
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]