Section 1D (Oligocene of Malta)

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

• Rhodalgal Packstones

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
 Peyssonneliales - Rhodymeniophycidae
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
  - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Orbitoidacea - Lepidocyclinidae
"Nephrolepidina praemarginata" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina praemarginata" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae