Also known as Reef 712
Where: Malta (35.9° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 14.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tal Pitkal Member (Upper Coralline Limestone Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• upper part of the Upper Coralline Limestone, termed as the Depiru Beds – a subdivision of the Tal-Pitkal Member
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: M. Gatt and A. de Angeli. 2010. A new coral-associated decapod assemblage from the Upper Miocene (Messinian) Upper Coralline Limestone of Malta (central Mediterranean). Palaeontology 53(6):1315-1348 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131977: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Siderastrea radians Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Acanthastrea (Isophyllastrea) madeirensis stony coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838 demosponge | |
Echinoidea | |
Stylocidaris melitensis pencil urchin | |
Brissus sp. Gray 1825 heart urchin | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga lithodomus mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Chlamys fasciculata scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Lima squamosa file clam | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Dosinia umbonaria venus clam | |
Clavagella sp. Blainville 1817 clam | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
? Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Astraea italica snail | |
"Cypraea fabagina" = Prozonarina fabagina
"Cypraea fabagina" = Prozonarina fabagina Lamarck 1810 cowry | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Thecostraca | |
Creusia costata coral barnacle | |
Malacostraca | |
Callianassa munieri Brocchi 1883 decapod | |
Galathea sp. Fabricius 1793 decapod
Galathea weinfurteri Bachmayer 1950 decapod | |
Petrolisthes cf. magnus Müller 1984 decapod | |
? Pagurus turcus Müller 1984 hermit crab | |
Dardanus hungaricus Lörenthey and Beurlen 1929 hermit crab | |
Paguristes sp. Dana 1851 hermit crab
Paguristes cserhatensis Müller 1984 hermit crab | |
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871 crab | |
Xaiva bachmayeri Muller 1984 crab | |
Pilumnus scaber n. sp.
Pilumnus scaber n. sp. Gatt and de Angeli 2010 crab | |
Maja biaensis, Micippa annamariae n. sp.
Maja biaensis Lorenthey 1929 spider crab
Micippa annamariae n. sp. Gatt and de Angeli 2010 spider crab | |
Herbstia melitense n. sp.
Herbstia melitense n. sp. Gatt and de Angeli 2010 spider crab | |
Carpilius sp. Desmarest 1823 crab | |
Panopeus muelleri n. sp.
Panopeus muelleri n. sp. Gatt and de Angeli 2010 crab | |
Xantho moldavicus Yanakevich 1977 stone crab | |
Calappa praelata Lorenthey 1929 box crab | |
Dromia neogenica Müller 1978 crab | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 |