Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 33.4° N, 7.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• several thin infillings named A, B, C and E, which are probably all from the same stratigraphic unit and therefore they have been treated as a single fauna. Probably slightly younger than Rhino Cave (approx 0.4Ma).
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: salvage,
• Sites exposed by earthworks in 1993.
Primary reference: D. Geraads. 2002. Plio-Pleistocene mammalian biostratigraphy of Atlantic Morocco. Quaternaire 13(1):43-53 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 34331: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hystrix cf. cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine | |
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840 dormouse | |
Gerbillus grandis, Gerbillus cf. campestris, Meriones maximus, Meriones maghrebianus, Mus hamidae, Praomys cf. darelbeidae
Gerbillus grandis gerbil
Gerbillus cf. campestris gerbil
Meriones maximus jird
Mus hamidae house mouse
Praomys cf. darelbeidae African soft-furred rat | |
Ellobius atlanticus mole-vole |