Thomas Quarry 1 Level L (Pleistocene of Morocco)

Also known as Th1-L

Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Level L is the lowest archaeological level in Thomas Quarry 1. Lower Pleistocene, roughly 1.0Ma.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; calcareous sandstone

• 'a calcareous sandstone deposited in a lacustrine or marshy environment'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

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 34286: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 26.08.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta atlantica
Loxodonta atlantica Pomel 1879 African elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. mauritanicus
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus cf. sirensis
Hippopotamus cf. sirensis Pomel 1896 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus sp.
Kolpochoerus sp. van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella cf. atlantica, Alcelaphini indet.
Gazella cf. atlantica Bourguignat 1870 gazelle
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura sp.
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus ? sp.
Lepus ? sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Rodentia - Muridae
Meriones maximus, Gerbillus aff. grandis, Gerbillus sp. n. sp., Praomys sp., Paraethomys sp. n. sp.
Gerbillus sp. n. sp. Desmarest 1804 gerbil
Praomys sp. Thomas 1915 African soft-furred rat
Paraethomys sp. n. sp. Petter 1968 mouse