Ophiuroidea, Xwieni Conglomerate bed, Qala Il-Bajda, Gozo: Langhian, Malta
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ophiuroidea
- Euryalida
- Euryalidae
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Euryalidae indet.
Gray 1840
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Cryptophoca maeotica
(Nordmann 1860)
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Koretsky 2001 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Physeteroidea indet.
Gray 1868
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Bianucci et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Malta | State/province: | Island of Gozo | County: | Xwieni Bay |
| Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 14.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.0° North, 14.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Globigerina Limestone | Local bed: | Xwieni Conglomerate |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic poorly lithified conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 1.500 |
| Collection size: | 105 specimens |
| Rock censused: | 5 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47990 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier, M. Uhen | Enterer: | L. Villier, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | L. Villier | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-09 06:52:45 | Last modified: | 2005-03-09 08:52:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-09 06:52:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12839. | A. Kroh. 2004. First fossil record of the family Euryalidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Middle Miocene of the Central Mediterranean. In T. Heinzeller, J. Nebelsick (eds.), Echinoderms: München 447-452 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 17253 | I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |