List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Phoca melitensis n. sp.
Blainville 1840
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Blainville 1840 | |||||||||
| recombined as Squalodon melitensis | ||||||||||
| subspecies antiqua | ||||||||||
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Phocodon scillae n. sp.
Agassiz 1841
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Bianucci et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Squalodon melitensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Malta |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 14.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 14.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Globigerina Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Rothausen (1968) states that this is Burdigalian, but the detailed stratigraphy in Bianucci et al (2011) indicates a much broader possible time range. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48661 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-25 13:07:40 | Last modified: | 2023-09-01 12:54:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-25 13:07:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38809. | A. Scilla. 1670. La vana speculazione disinganuata dal senso, Lettera risponsiva circa: Corpi Marini che Petrificata si trovano in varii luoghi terrestri, Napoli [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 38808 | G. Bianucci, M. Gatt, R. Catanzariti, S. Sorbi, C. G. Bonavia, R. Curmi, and A. Varola. 2011. Systematics, biostratigraphy and evolutionary pattern of the Oligo-Miocene marine mammals from the Maltese Islands. Geobios 44:549-585 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 85748 | H. M. D. Blainville. 1840. Ostéographie des Carnassiers: Des Phoques. 1-51 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12099 | K. Rothausen. 1968. Die systematische Stellung der europäischen Squalodontidae (Odontoceti, Mamm.). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 42(1-2):83-104 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |