Also known as OH1-GDR, Grotte des Rhinocéros
Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• 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 RhinocĂ©ros').
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: salvage,
• Discovered in 1991 in a working quarry. Stone tool assemblage contains several thousand artefacts.
Primary reference: D. Geraads. 2002. Plio-Pleistocene mammalian biostratigraphy of Atlantic Morocco. Quaternaire 13(1):43-53 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 34330: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.08.2003, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada | |
Praomys darelbeidae, Paraethomys tighennifae, Mus hamidae, Gerbillus grandis, Gerbillus cf. campestris, Meriones maximus, Meriones maghrebianus
Praomys darelbeidae African soft-furred rat
Paraethomys tighennifae mouse
Mus hamidae house mouse
Gerbillus cf. campestris gerbil
Meriones maximus jird | |
Ellobius atlanticus mole-vole | |
Eliomys darelbeidae dormouse | |
Hystrix cf. cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine | |
Serengetilagus raynali rabbit
Lepus cf. capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Crocidura darelbeidae white-toothed shrew
Crocidura cf. tarfayaensis white-toothed shrew | |
Ursus bibersoni bear | |
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
"Canis aff. adustus" = Schaeffia adusta Sundevall 1847 side-striped jackal | |
Gazella cf. atlantica, Parmularius cf. angusticornis, Connochaetes sp., ? Damaliscus sp., ? Oryx sp., Pelorovis ? antiquus
Gazella cf. atlantica Bourguignat 1870 gazelle
Parmularius cf. angusticornis Schwarz 1937 antelope
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
? Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
? Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx
Pelorovis ? antiquus Duvernoy 1851 antelope | |
Phacochoerus cf. africanus Gmelin 1788 common warthog | |
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel | |
Equus cf. mauritanicus horse | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros |