Where: Morocco (34.1° N, 5.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 5.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Tortonian or Messinian
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; claystone and marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. Lauriat-Rage, A. B. Moussa, J.-P. Piquet and J.-P. Saint Martin. 1999. The bivalvia (Mollusca) from the Upper Miocene of the Sais Basin (Southern Rifian Corridor, Morocco). Palaeobiogeography and paleoecology. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 12(1):77-84 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 173165: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.09.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella, Nuculana (Ledella) bonellii, Nuculana (Nuculana) hoernesi
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella pointed nut clam
Nuculana (Ledella) bonellii pointed nut clam
Nuculana (Nuculana) hoernesi pointed nut clam | |
Nucula (Nucula) placentina nut clam | |
Flabellipecten fraterculus, "Amusium (Amusium) cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum, Pecten (Pecten) seguenzai
Flabellipecten fraterculus Sowerby in Smith 1841 scallop
"Amusium (Amusium) cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop
Pecten (Pecten) seguenzai scallop | |
Limaria (Limatulella) loscombii Sowerby 1824 file clam | |
Anomia (Anomia) ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Propeamussium felsineum mud scallop | |
Pinna tetragona oyster | |
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis clam | |
Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
Tellina (Serratina) serrata Renier 1804 tellin clam | |
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) rudis Poli 1795 venus clam
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Myrtea (Myrtea) spinifera, Divaricella ornata, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis, Linga (Bellucina) agassizi
Myrtea (Myrtea) spinifera Montagu 1803 clam
Divaricella ornata clam
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam |