Guefa ̈ıt-1: Vallesian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Alytidae
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Discoglossinae indet.
Günther 1859
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106 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae indet.
Oppel 1811
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Elapidae
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Naja cf. antiqua
Rage 1976
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacertidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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26 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Dopasia sp.
Gray 1853
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18 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 34.2° North, 2.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 2.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Vallesian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 8.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gypsiferous marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: clays, sandy or gypseous marls with calcareous episodes (sometimes with flints) | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GFT 1 | ||
| Database number: | 149240 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-31 01:51:36 | Last modified: | 2013-07-30 10:51:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-07-31 01:51:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47772. | B. Hugues-Alexandre, J. Agusti, J. M. Lopez-Garcia, H. Haddoumi, H. Aouraghe, K. El Hammouti, A. Perez-Gonzalez, M. Gema Chacon, and R. Sala. 2013. Amphibians and Squamate Reptiles from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of Eastern Morocco (GuefaIT-1, Jerada Province). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4):804-816 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |