Rdum id-Delli: Tortonian, Malta
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kentriodontidae
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? Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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1 specimen | ||||||
= ? Kentriodontidae indet.
Slijper 1936
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Bianucci and Landini 2002 | ||||||
= Kentriodontidae indet.
Slijper 1936
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Bianucci et al. 2011 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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Bianucci et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Physeteroidea indet.
Gray 1868
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Bianucci et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Dugongidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bianucci et al. 2011 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Malta |
Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 14.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 14.0° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Greensand | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: middle Tortonian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Section 8 of Giannelli & Salvatorini | ||
Database number: | 121992 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-12-14 08:32:28 | Last modified: | 2024-03-29 11:22:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-14 08:32:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46379. | E. Menesini. 1972. Resti di vertebrati raccolti in sedimenti Miocenici dell'arcipelago Maltese. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A 79:77-86 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
87930 | K. Agiadi, N. Hohmann, E. Gliozzi, D. Thivaiou, F. R. Bosellini, M. Taviani, G. Bianucci, A. Collareta, L. Londeix, C. Faranda, F. Bulian, E. Koskeridou, F. Lozar, A. M. Mancini, S. Dominici, P. Moissette, I. B. Campos, E. Borghi, G. Iliopoulos, A. Antonarakou, and G. Kontakiotis. 2024. A revised marine fossil record of the Mediterranean before and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth System Science Data [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
46366 | G. Bianucci and W. Landini. 2002. Change in diversity, ecological significance and biogeographical relationships of the Mediterranean Miocene toothed whale fauna. Geobios Mémoire spécial 24:19-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |