Malta precise locality unknown (Murray collection) (Miocene of Malta)

Where: Malta (35.9° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Globigerina Limestone Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Murray; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1891. On a New Species of Trionyx from the Miocene of Malta and a Chelonian Scapula from the London Clay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 47:37-40 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 190863: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 19.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Trachyaspis sp. von Meyer 1843 sea turtle