Bahrija (Miocene of Malta)

Where: Bahrija, Malta (35.9° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: scanning the weathered surface, not by sieving

Primary reference: D. J. Ward and C. G. Bonavia. 2001. Additions to, and review of, the Miocene shark and ray fauna of Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3(3):131-146 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 161386: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 04.09.2014, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Thecosomata -
Gamopleura melitensis Janssen 1995 snail
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Isurus retrojlexus mackerel shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark
Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus griseus sixgill shark