Martin H: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Fossularca) afra
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella vatheleti
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina (Melaraphe) neritoides (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassa incrassata (Müller 1773)
recombined as Nassarius incrassatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Purpura haemastoma
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium nodiferum
Cymatium doliarium
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis (Semicassis) saburon
original and current combination Semicassis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica poliana
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Trochus (Gibbula) umbilicalis Broderip and Broderip 1829
synonym of Margarites (Margarites) groenlandicus
Turbo (Bolma) rugosus Linnaeus 1767
recombined as Bolma rugosus
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus (Monodonta) lineatus
original and current combination Monodonta
Trochus (Calliostoma) chemnitzi
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 33.6° North, 7.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.6° North, 7.8° 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
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:127637
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-05-19 08:54:02 Last modified:2012-05-30 16:43:16
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-05-19 08:54:02
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]