Where: Malta (36.1° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 14.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Leith-Adams, Spratt in 1865; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: A. Leith-Adams. 1877. On gigantic land-tortoises and a small freshwater species from the ossiferous caverns of Malta, together with a list of their fossil fauna; and a note on chelonian remains from the rock-cavities of Gibraltar. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 33:177-191 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190860: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 19.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
Batrachia sp. tetrapod | |
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad | |
Mammalia | |
Arvicola amphibia vole | |
"Myoxus melitensi" = Myoxus (Glis), "Myoxus cartei" = Myoxus (Glis)
"Myoxus melitensi" = Myoxus (Glis) dormouse
"Myoxus cartei" = Myoxus (Glis) dormouse | |
Hippopotamus minutus hippo
Hippopotamus pentlandi hippo | |
"Cervus dama" = Dama dama
"Cervus dama" = Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Elephas melitensis Falconer 1868 elephant
"Elephas mnaidriensis" = Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis Adamas 1874 elephant
Elephas falconeri Busk 1867 elephant | |
Reptilia | |
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle | |
"Testudo robusta n. sp." = Solitudo robusta, "Testudo spratti n. sp." = Solitudo robusta, Testudo graeca
Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758 common tortoise | |
Aves | |
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
"Cygnus musicus" = Cygnus cygnus Linnaeus 1758 whooper swan
Cygnus falconeri Parker 1865 swan | |
Reptilia | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Gastropoda | |
Bulimus acutus snail | |
"Helix vermiculata" = Massylaea vermiculata, Helix aspersa, Helix candidissima, Helix aperta, Helix sprattii
"Helix vermiculata" = Massylaea vermiculata Müller 1774 slug
Helix aspersa slug
Helix candidissima slug
Helix aperta slug
Helix sprattii slug | |
Clausilia syracusana slug | |
"Helix striata" = Mourlonia striata
"Helix striata" = Mourlonia striata Sowerby 1815 snail |