Thomas Quarry 1 - ABCE (Pleistocene of Morocco)

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

• only microfauna found at this site.
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cf. cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840 dormouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae