Tamrarht (Pleistocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.5° N, 9.6° W: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 9.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• 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 127619: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica collaria moon snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus perna" = Perna perna
"Mytilus perna" = Perna perna Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus (Ventricola) verrucosa" = Antigona (Ventricola) venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria oblonga Gmelin 1791 clam
"Eastonia rugosa" = Standella (Eastonia) clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas dactylus Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen marginatus Pulteney 1799 clam