Beau site level E: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella intermedia
Murray 1857
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptra (Trochatella) trochiformis
(Gmelin 1791)
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| recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Tritonalia) erinaceus
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Ocenebra erinaceus | ||||||||||
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Murex (Tritonalia) purpruoides
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Murex (Tritonalia) edwardsi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Nassa pygmea
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Nassa informal sp. B
Röding 1798
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Nassa (Amycla) pfeifferi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella (Mitrella) gervillei
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| original and current combination Mitrella | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Mangelia sp.
(Loven 1846)
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| corrected as Cythara (Mangelia) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium cutaceum
(Lamarck 1816)
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| synonym of Linatella caudata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina obtusata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| Littorina obtusata littoralis | ||||||||||
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Littorina (Melaraphe) neritoides
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia doliolum
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Laevicardium) norvegium
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| original and current combination Laevicardium | ||||||||||
| Cardium (Laevicardium) norvegium var. ponderosa | ||||||||||
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Cardium echinatum
Linnaeus 1767
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| recombined as Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata | ||||||||||
| Cardium echinatum var. dureignei | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus perna
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Perna perna | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus concavus
Bronn 1831
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| recombined as Concavus concavus | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Cancridae
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Cancer sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 7.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° North, 7.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Tyrrhenian fauna; Level E | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 127571 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-05-18 06:17:31 | Last modified: | 2012-05-18 14:07:01 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-05-18 06:17:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 41616. | G. Lecointre. 1952. Recherches sur le Neogene et le Quaternaire marins de la cote Atlantique du Maroc. Publications du Service geologique du Maroc 99(1,2):1-174 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/S. Ávila] |