Ophiuroidea, Xwieni Conglomerate bed, Qala Il-Bajda, Gozo (Miocene of Malta)

Where: Island of Gozo, Malta (36.1° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 14.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Globigerina Limestone Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, phosphatic conglomerate

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: A. Kroh. 2004. First fossil record of the family Euryalidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Middle Miocene of the Central Mediterranean. In T. Heinzeller, J. Nebelsick (eds.), Echinoderms: München 447-452 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 47990: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 09.03.2005, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Euryalida - Euryalidae
Euryalidae indet. Gray 1840 basket star
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Physeteroidea indet.1 Gray 1868 toothed whale
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Cryptophoca maeotica2 Nordmann 1860 seal