Malta Insular Carnivores (Pleistocene of Malta)

Where: Malta (35.9° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 14.4° E)

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Lyras, A. A. E. van der Geer, and L. Rook. 2010. Body size of insular carnivores: evidence from the fossil record. Journal of Biogeography 37(6):1007-2021 [M. Uhen/A. Levy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215280: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Andrew Levy on 05.11.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Lutra euxena" = Nesolutra euxena
"Lutra euxena" = Nesolutra euxena Bate 1935 otter