Cap Rhir: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella polita
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sulin
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium lacteum
Bittium reticulatum (da Costa 1778)
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus hungaricus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Capulus ungaricus
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis (Semicassis) saburon
original and current combination Semicassis
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium nodiferum
Cymatium doliarium
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia europaea (Montfort 1808)
recombined as Trivia (Trivia) europaea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Solatia) piscatoria
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa mutabilis
Nassa reticulata
Nassa limata
Nassa ferussaci
Chauvetia candidissima
Chauvetia pellisphocae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassa incrassata (Müller 1773)
recombined as Nassarius incrassatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella rustica
Columbella (Mitrella) broderipi (Sowerby 1844)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella oryza
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Tritonalia) erinaceus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Ocenebra erinaceus
Murex (Tritonalia) miscowicki
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla lactea
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Helix (Theba) pisana
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus (Monodonta) lineatus
original and current combination Monodonta
Trochus (Calliostoma) conuloides
Trochus (Calliostoma) chemnitzi
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Trochus (Gibbula) umbilicalis Broderip and Broderip 1829
synonym of Margarites (Margarites) groenlandicus
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella reticulata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Clausinella) foliaceolamellosa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758
subspecies "M. edulis var. uncinata"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Fossularca) lactea Linnaeus 1767
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 30.6° North, 9.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.6° North, 9.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:127599
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:J. Sessa
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-05-18 11:15:00 Last modified:2012-05-17 20:15:00
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-05-18 11:15:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41616. 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]