Scutella beds (Ta' Cenc) (Oligocene to of Malta)

Where: Malta (36.0° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Oligocene to Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

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 121537: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Amanda Doyle on 07.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae
 Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Pliolampas sp. sea urchin
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
"pectinid"