Section 4A (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 222480: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 27.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp., Mesophyllum sp.
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp.
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Spongites sp., Lithoporella sp., Polystrata alba
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Foraminifera
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis sp.
Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina sp.
Asterigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Orbitoidacea - Lepidocyclinidae
"Nephrolepidina praemarginata" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina praemarginata" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Heterostegina sp.
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis pygmaea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Archaias sp.
Archaias sp. Montfort 1808
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral