Mugharet el Khail (Pleistocene to of Morocco)

Also known as ETE Locality 676, Mugharet el Khail,

Where: Morocco (35.8° N, 5.9° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: historical to early Neolithic occupation; dates on artifacts and stratigraphy radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: solution cavity
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: grey sand; some gravel

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 482, 481, 478, 477, 81, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: A. Gilman and C. Arambourg. 1975. A Later Prehistory of Tangier, Morocco. American School of Prehistoric Research; Peabody Museum; Harvard University Bulletin 29 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21857: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Monachus albiventer" = Monachus monachus
"Monachus albiventer" = Monachus monachus Hermann 1779 Mediterranean monk seal
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora sp. Storr 1780 ratel
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758 golden jackal
"Canis anthus" = Canis lupaster Hemprich and Eherenberg 1832 African wolf
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 domestic sheep
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
ETE occurrence; species: Pisces