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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Trachyaspis sp. von Meyer 1843 sea turtle |