Scutella beds (Mgarr ix-Xini) (Oligocene to of Malta)

Where: Malta (36.0° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Oligocene to Late/Upper Oligocene (27.3 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Bioclastic

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Gatt. 2005. A new late Oligocene to early Miocene species of Apatopygus (Echinoidea: Cassiduloida) from the Maltese Islands. Alcheringa 29(1):101-112 [J. Alroy/A. Doyle/A. Doyle]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121535: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Amanda Doyle on 07.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
 Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Lovenia sp. Desor 1847 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae