Where: Malta (36.0° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 14.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Upper Coralline Limestone Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• middle Tortonian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 121981: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale | |
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale | |
Kogiidae indet. Miller 1923 pygmy sperm whale | |
cf. Brachydelphininae indet. Rice 1998 toothed whale | |
Delphinoidea indet. Flower 1865 toothed whale |