Gozo Island (Miocene of Malta)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Member (Globigerina Limestone Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Middle Globigerina Limestone Member; middle–upper Burdigalian (19–16 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: nodular, phosphatic limestone

• carbonate bed containing phosphate nodules

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 118406: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.10.2011, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp.1
Metaxytherium sp.1 de Christol 1840 dugong
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus gaudensis n. sp.2
Crocodylus gaudensis n. sp.2 crocodile
NMNH-T11228 (type)
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Melitosaurus champsoides n. gen. n. sp.3
Melitosaurus champsoides n. gen. n. sp.3 Owen 1850 crocodilian
NHMUK PV OR41151 (holotype)
1Heal 1973; 2Kotsakis et al. 2004; 3Lydekker 1886