Oulad Hamida 1 - Rhino Cave: Middle Pleistocene, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Vulpes cf. rueppelli
Schinz 1825
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Geraads 2011 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Raynal et al. 1993 | |||||||||
several species (names not given) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Raynal et al. 1993 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Squamata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Raynal et al. 1993 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena hyaena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Felis cf. sylvestris
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus bibersoni
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis aff. adustus
Sundevall 1847
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recombined as Schaeffia adusta | ||||||||||
Lycaon magnus
Ewer and Singer 1956
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Geraads 2011 | |||||||||
Lupulella mohibi n. sp.
Geraads 2011
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Geraads 2011 | |||||||||
GDR-7966 (holotype), mostly complete cranium | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. mauritanicus
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus cf. africanus
(Gmelin 1788)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Connochaetes sp.
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Parmularius cf. angusticornis
(Schwarz 1937)
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? Damaliscus sp.
Sclater and Thomas 1894
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? Oryx sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Gazella cf. atlantica
Bourguignat 1870
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Pelorovis ? antiquus
(Duvernoy 1851)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Crocidura darelbeidae
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Crocidura cf. tarfayaensis
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Gerbillus grandis
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Gerbillus grandis minor | ||||||||||
Gerbillus cf. campestris
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Meriones maximus
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Meriones maghrebianus
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Meriones maghrebianus hamidae | ||||||||||
Mus hamidae
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Praomys darelbeidae
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Paraethomys tighennifae
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Ellobius atlanticus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix cf. cristata
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Eliomys darelbeidae
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Serengetilagus raynali
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Lepus cf. capensis
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus cf. oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Morocco | County: | Casablanca |
Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 7.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° North, 7.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 0.45 ± 0.05 Ma (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene, approx 0.4Ma. there are 13 different layers within the cave filling, only one of which contains fauna (CGDR or continental 'Grotte des Rhinocéros'). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Collection method comments: Discovered in 1991 in a working quarry. Stone tool assemblage contains several thousand artefacts. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Abundant rhinoceros remains. Arid environment rodents and large grazing mammals suggest an open, dry landscape. |
Metadata
Also known as: | OH1-GDR, Grotte des Rhinocéros | ||
Database number: | 34330 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner, B. Allen | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, B. Allen |
Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2003-08-27 06:07:24 | Last modified: | 2023-07-28 06:37:55 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-27 06:07:24 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9013. | PACED | D. Geraads. 2002. Plio-Pleistocene mammalian biostratigraphy of Atlantic Morocco. Quaternaire 13(1):43-53 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
85455 | D. Geraads. 2011. A revision of the fossil Canidae (Mammalia of north-western Africa. Palaeontology 54(2):429-446 [B. Allen/B. Allen] | |
9022 | PACED | J.P. Raynal, D. Geraads, L. Magoga, A. El Hajraoui, J.P. Texier, D. Lefevre, and F.Z. Sbihi-Alaoui. 1993. La Grotte des Rhinoceros (Carriere Oulad Hamida 1, anciennement Thomas III, Casablanca), nouveau site acheuleen du Maroc atlantique. Comptes Rendues de l'Academie des Sciences Paris, Series II 316:1477-1483 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
9023 | PACED | E. J. Rhodes, J. P. Raynal, D. Geraads and F. Z. Sbihi-Alaoui. 1994. Premieres dates RPE pour l'Acheuleen du Maroc atlantique (Grotte des Rhinoceros, Casablanca). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Serie II 319:1109-1115 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |