Ghajn Znuber, Blue Clay: Tortonian, Malta
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
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: | Blue Clay |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore ramp |
| Geology comments: transitional to slope, carbonate ramp, cooler climate | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122035 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-12-15 08:33:09 | Last modified: | 2024-03-29 11:23:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-15 08:33:09 |
| 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] |
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] |