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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula nitida nut clam | |
Arca (Fossularca) lactea Linnaeus 1767 ark | |
Cardita senegalensis clam | |
"Panopaea glycimeris" = Panopea
"Panopaea glycimeris" = Panopea clam | |
Tapes rhomboides, Venus (Clausinella) foliaceolamellosa, "Venus (Ventricola) verrucosa" = Antigona (Ventricola)
Tapes rhomboides venus clam
Venus (Clausinella) foliaceolamellosa venus clam
"Venus (Ventricola) verrucosa" = Antigona (Ventricola) venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"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 | |
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone |