Cap Rhir 11m (Pleistocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.6° N, 9.9° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 9.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 11m, I think this is above current sea level

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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 127622: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Arcopagia) crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa
"Tellina (Arcopagia) crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa Pennant 1777 tellin clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Trochus (Gibbula) umbilicalis" = Margarites (Margarites) groenlandicus
"Trochus (Gibbula) umbilicalis" = Margarites (Margarites) groenlandicus Gmelin 1791 snail