River Mellah (Pleistocene to of Morocco)
Where: Morocco (31.0° N, 9.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 9.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• Tyrrhenian
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127626: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.05.2012
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Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
"Trochus (Gibbula) umbilicalis" = Margarites (Margarites) groenlandicus
"Trochus (Gibbula) umbilicalis" = Margarites (Margarites) groenlandicus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Nassa (Amycla) corniculum true whelk
Pisania maculosa true whelk | |
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773 snail | |
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792 cone shell |