Djebel Irhoud, Ennouchi collection, 1960s: Middle Pleistocene, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758
tibiae fragments, eggshell fragments.
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758
carapace fragments.
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Paraethomys ras
mandibles and maxillae.
Lemniscomys barbarus
several series of teeth.
Mus spretus
several mandibles.
Gerbillus campestris
mandibles and maxillae.
Gerbillus grandis
1 specimen
1 mandible.; originally entered as "Gerbillus grandus"
Meriones shawi
mandibles and maxillae.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
cranial fragment with teeth.
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
postcrania.
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
1 mandible fragment with M2.
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura cf. tarfayaensis
mandibles and maxillae.
Crocidura russula (Herrmann 1780)
mandibles and maxillae.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus 1758)
coprolites and jaw fragments.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
1 calcaneum.
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
jaw fragments.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
mandibles and maxillae.
Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758
mandibles and maxillae.
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Vulpes vulpes atlantica. 1 mandible.
Mammalia - Bovidae
? Gazella cuvieri (Ogilby 1841)
? Gazella rufina Thomas 1894
Gazella atlantica Bourguignat 1870
the most common gazelle
Gazella tingitana Arambourg 1957
? Rabaticeras arambourgi Ennouchi 1953
teeth.
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell 1823)
teeth and postcrania. Probably C. taurinus prognu
? Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
1 horncore base and some teeth.
Caprini indet. Gray 1821
teeth, the size of Capra lervia.
Oryx cf. gazella (Linnaeus 1758)
teeth and horncore fragments.
Bos cf. primigenius Bojanus 1827
maxillary and mandible fragments, 1 horncore and postcrania.
Taurotragus cf. oryx (Pallas 1766)
1 specimen
1 horncore fragment.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. mauritanicus
teeth, bones and metapodia.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotinae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
1 tibia fragment, 1 eroded astragalus, juvenile.
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 8.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.9° North, 8.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Late Middle Pleistocene, Mousterian.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: There have been several collections at this site, and each has resulted in a different faunal assemblage. This paper records the fauna from the excavations by Ennouchi in the 1960s.
Metadata
Also known as:Jebel Irhoud
Database number:42866
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-06 06:16:27 Last modified:2004-08-06 09:16:27
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-06 06:16:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11378.PACED,fossil record F. Amani and D. Geraads. 1993. The Mousterian site of Jebel Irhoud, Morocco: new data on the fauna and biochronology, and description of a new human fossil. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris Serie II 316:847-852 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/S. Bruning]