Where: Morocco (33.7° N, 5.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 5.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Lauriat-Rage, A. B. Moussa, J.-P. Piquet and J.-P. Saint Martin. 1999. The bivalvia (Mollusca) from the Upper Miocene of the Sais Basin (Southern Rifian Corridor, Morocco). Palaeobiogeography and paleoecology. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 12(1):77-84 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 173163: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.09.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pecten (Pecten) seguenzai, "Amusium (Amusium) cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum
Pecten (Pecten) seguenzai scallop
"Amusium (Amusium) cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop | |
Hyotissa hyotia oyster | |
Ostreidae indet., "Ostreola stentina" = Ostrea stentina, "Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
"Ostreola stentina" = Ostrea stentina Payraudeau 1826 oyster
"Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pinnidae indet. Leach 1819 oyster
Pinna "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Atrina pectinata Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam | |
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Panopea (Panopea) sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Nucula (Nucula) placentina nut clam | |