Rdum id-Delli: Tortonian, Malta

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
? Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
1 specimen
    = ? Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936
Bianucci and Landini 2002
    = Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936
Bianucci et al. 2011
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850
Bianucci et al. 2011 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868
Bianucci et al. 2011 1 specimen
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821
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]