El Fawwara (Miocene of Malta)
Where: Malta (35.8° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 14.1° E)
When: Upper Member (Coraline Limestone Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Il Fawwara bed
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. M. Pedley. 1978. A new fish horizon from the Maltese Miocene and its palaeoecological significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 24:73-83 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 210639: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.06.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Actinopteri | |
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Bregmaceros albyi Sauvage 1880 | |
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Sciaenidae indet. Cuvier 1828 | |
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Syngnathus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pipefish | |