Beau site level E (Pleistocene to of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• Tyrrhenian fauna; Level E

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Lecointre. 1952. Recherches sur le Neogene et le Quaternaire marins de la cote Atlantique du Maroc. Publications du Service geologique du Maroc 99(1,2):1-174 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127571: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 18.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptra (Trochatella) trochiformis" = Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis
"Calyptra (Trochatella) trochiformis" = Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa pygmea true whelk
Nassa "sp. B" Röding 1798 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Columbella (Mitrella) gervillei" = Mitrella
"Columbella (Mitrella) gervillei" = Mitrella snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia) Loven 1846 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Tritonalia) erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Cymatium cutaceum" = Linatella caudata
"Cymatium cutaceum" = Linatella caudata Gmelin 1791 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina obtusata Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle
Littorina obtusata littoralis
Littorina (Melaraphe) neritoides Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella intermedia Murray 1857 limpet
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus perna" = Perna perna
"Mytilus perna" = Perna perna Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium echinatum" = Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata, "Cardium (Laevicardium) norvegium" = Laevicardium
"Cardium echinatum" = Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Cardium echinatum var. dureignei
"Cardium (Laevicardium) norvegium" = Laevicardium cockle
Cardium (Laevicardium) norvegium var. ponderosa
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Cancridae
Cancer sp. Linnaeus 1758 crab
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus Bronn 1831 barnacle