Tat Tomna, Western Malta, Upper Coralline Limestone (Miocene of Malta)

Also known as Reef 712

Where: Malta (36.0° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 14.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tal Pitkal Member (Upper Coralline Limestone Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• patch reefs and biostromes

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. M. Pedley. 1979. Miocene bioherms and associated structures in the Upper Coralline Limestone of the Maltese Islands: their lithification and paleoenvironment. Sedimentology 26(4):577-591 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69896: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp.
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp.
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp.
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp.
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp.
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp.
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp.
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp.
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea sp.
Diploastrea sp. Matthai 1914 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia sp.
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838 demosponge
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram