Also known as Reef 712
Where: Malta (36.0° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 14.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tal Pitkal Member (Upper Coralline Limestone Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. M. Pedley. 1979. Miocene bioherms and associated structures in the Upper Coralline Limestone of the Maltese Islands: their lithification and paleoenvironment. Sedimentology 26(4):577-591 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 69896: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram | |
Demospongiae | |
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838 demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Diploastrea sp. Matthai 1914 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 |