Casablanca, les Cretes (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

• group of beds-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 127586: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 18.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Pectunculus pilosus" = Glycymeris pilosa
"Pectunculus pilosus" = Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptra (Trochatella) trochiformis" = Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis
"Calyptra (Trochatella) trochiformis" = Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Trochus (Monodonta) lineatus" = Monodonta
"Trochus (Monodonta) lineatus" = Monodonta top snail