Mugharet el 'Aliya: Pleistocene - Holocene, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Mus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Tatera sp.
Lataste 1882
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus saxatilis
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present category | |||||||||
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Oryctolagus cuniculus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus arctos
Linnaeus 1758
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| ETE occurrence; species: Larteti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Monachus albiventer
(Boddaert 1785)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mellivora sp.
Storr 1780
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena hyaena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Felis silvestris
Schreber 1777
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Canis aureus
Linnaeus 1758
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present category | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus mauritanicus
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Equus asinus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros mercki
Kaup 1841
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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| ETE occurrence; species: barbarus | ||||||||||
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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| ETE occurrence; species: domestica | ||||||||||
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Phacochoerus africanus
(Gmelin 1788)
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Connochaetes sp.
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Alcelaphus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Ovis aries
Linnaeus 1758
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Ammotragus lervia
(Pallas 1777)
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Gazella atlantica
Bourguignat 1870
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Gazella dorcas
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gazella rufina
Thomas 1894
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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Bos taurus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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unclassified
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Homoioceras antiquus
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo mauritanicus
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 5.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 5.9° East |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene - Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| *International age/stage: | Holocene (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene - Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max age based on comparisons with dated sites; 2 C14 dates 625 and 2340 bp on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: medium grained sand with pebbles and finer materials; yellow and grey in color | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: solution cavity | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 675, Mugharet el 'Aliya, | ||
| Database number: | 21856 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, R. Potts |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5211. | ETE 923 | B. Howe, C. Arambourg, and L. C. Briggs. 1967. The Palaeolithic of Tangier, Morocco. Harvard University Bulletin 22 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |