Agadir (Pleistocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.4° N, 9.6° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 9.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 12-14 m; I think this is above current sea level

• 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 127616: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula nitida nut clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Fossularca) lactea Linnaeus 1767 ark
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panopaea glycimeris" = Panopea
"Panopaea glycimeris" = Panopea clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes rhomboides venus clam
"Venus (Ventricola) verrucosa" = Antigona (Ventricola) venus clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Trochus (Monodonta) cinerarius" = Gibbula cineraria, "Trochus (Calliostoma) zizyphinus" = Calliostoma zizyphinum
"Trochus (Monodonta) cinerarius" = Gibbula cineraria Linnaeus 1758 top snail
"Trochus (Calliostoma) zizyphinus" = Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone