Meknes (Miocene to of Morocco)

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

• Carbonated matrix sands

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Pecten) seguenzai, "Amusium (Amusium) cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum
"Amusium (Amusium) cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
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
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinnidae indet. Leach 1819 oyster
Pinna "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Atrina pectinata Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea (Panopea) sp. Menard 1807 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae