Where: Malta (36.0° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 14.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Globigerina Limestone Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Middle Globigerina Limestone Member; middle–upper Burdigalian (19–16 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: nodular, phosphatic limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. L. Adams. 1879. On remains of Mastodon and other Vertebrata of the Miocene beds of the Maltese islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 35:517-531 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 118406: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.10.2011, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylus gaudensis n. sp.2
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Melitosaurus champsoides n. gen. n. sp.3
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