Bahrija: Burdigalian, Malta
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Waipatiidae
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Waipatiidae indet.
Fordyce 1994
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1 specimen | ||||||
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? Waipatiidae indet.
Fordyce 1994
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Malta |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 14.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 14.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Globigerina Limestone | Member: | Middle Globigerina Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| 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: | It-Roz | ||
| Database number: | 121994 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-12-14 11:35:36 | Last modified: | 2014-12-15 16:29:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-14 11:35:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |