Where: Northern Region, Malta (35.9° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 14.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Attard Member (Lower Coralline Limestone Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: slope or ramp reef; packstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: M. Brandano, V. Frezza, L. Tomassetti, M. Pedley, and R. Matteucci. 2009. Facies analysis and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Late Oligocene Attard Member (Lower Coralline Limestone Formation), Malta. Sedimentology 56:1138-1158 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 222469: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 27.09.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936 | |
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 | |
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Asterigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
"Nephrolepidina praemarginata" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina praemarginata" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) | |
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |