Micabiba: Pleistocene, Malta
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo despotti n. sp.
Szalai 1937
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Malta |
Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 14.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 14.4° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Malta Museum |
Metadata
Also known as: | Micabba, Mqabba, Ta Gandia, Tal Herba | ||
Database number: | 190864 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
Created: | 2017-12-19 16:34:56 | Last modified: | 2017-12-19 16:39:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-19 16:34:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
64168. | T. Szalai. 1937. Fossile Testudo-reste aus dem Pleistozan Maltas. Gedanken uber das Sogenannte Nordische entstehungszentrum der tierre. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 31:158-164 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |