Also known as Deprez Quarry
Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Biostratigraphic comparison of fauna suggests age of ~2.5Ma, >2.0Ma for NaO
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified limestone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, coprolite
Primary reference: J. P. Raynal, J. P. Texier, D. Geraads and F. Z. Sbihi-Alaoui. 1990. Un nouveau gisement paleontologique plio-pleistocene en Afrique du Nord: Ahl al Oughlam (ancienne carriere Deprez) a Casablanca (Maroc). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Serie II 310:315-320 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 32052: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed, Mark Uhen, Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 | |
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Trogonophis darelbeidae n. sp.1
Trogonophis darelbeidae n. sp.1 Bailon 2000 worm lizard holotype: 1 incomplete right dental (AaO 2117, INSAP, Rabat, Morocco); referred specimens: 1 incomplete right dental, 3 anterior fragments of right dentals, 1 anterior fragment of left dental, 1 premaxilla, 1 left maxilla, 2 right quadrates
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Mammalia | |
cf. Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant | |
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere | |
Ceratotherium cf. mauritanicum Pomel 1888 white rhino | |
"Hipparion cf. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion cf. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse | |
Kogia sp. Gray 1846 pygmy sperm whale | |
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Tragelaphus sp., cf. Pelorovis preafricanus, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Kobus barbarus, Beatragus antiquus, Parmularius atlanticus, Gazella psolea
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
cf. Pelorovis preafricanus antelope
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle originally entered as "Gazella thomasi"
Kobus barbarus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
Parmularius atlanticus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
Gazella psolea Geraads and Amani 1998 gazelle | |
cf. Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Homotherium sp., cf. Dinofelis sp., Felis cf. silvestris, cf. Lynx sp., Panthera pardus, Acinonyx aicha2
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
cf. Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Felis cf. silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
cf. Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
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Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet | |
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Ursus cf. etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
Mellivora cf. capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
Prepoecilogale cf. bolti mustelid carnivore | |
"Alachtherium africanum" = Ontocetus emmonsi2
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Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika | |
Serengetilagus sp. Dietrich 1941 rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque
Theropithecus atlanticus gelada | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Amphibia | |
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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