Bahrija: Burdigalian, Malta
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Physogaleus aduncus
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Galeocerdo aduncus | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Negaprion eurybathrodon
(Blake 1862)
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Carcharhinus falciformis
(Bibron 1841)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Cosmopolitodus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | |||||||
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Isurus retrojlexus
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Isurus oxyrinchus
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Odontaspis taurus
(Rafinesque 1810)
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| original and current combination Carcharias taurus | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Hexanchus griseus
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Gamopleura melitensis
Janssen 1995
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Rehfeld and Janssen 1995 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Malta | State/province: | Bahrija |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 14.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 14.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Globigerina Limestone | Local bed: | Middle Globigerina Limestone | Regional bed: | Minor Phosphorite |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Rock censused: | 1 kg |
| Collection method comments: scanning the weathered surface, not by sieving | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 161386 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | C. Pimiento, M. Krause |
| Modifier: | C. Pimiento | ||
| Created: | 2014-09-04 22:14:08 | Last modified: | 2014-09-04 22:19:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-04 22:14:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52582. | D. J. Ward and C. G. Bonavia. 2001. Additions to, and review of, the Miocene shark and ray fauna of Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3(3):131-146 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento] |
Secondary references:
| 59885 | U. Rehfeld and A. W. Janssen. 1995. Development of Phosphatized Hardgrounds in the Miocene Globigerina Limestone of the Maltese Archipelago, Including a Description of Gamopleura melitensis sp. nov. (Gastropoda, Euthecosomata). Facies 33:91-106 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen] |