Also known as Deprez Quarry
Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Biostratigraphic comparison of fauna suggests age of ~2.5Ma, >2.0Ma for NaO
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified limestone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, coprolite
Primary reference: J. P. Raynal, J. P. Texier, D. Geraads and F. Z. Sbihi-Alaoui. 1990. Un nouveau gisement paleontologique plio-pleistocene en Afrique du Nord: Ahl al Oughlam (ancienne carriere Deprez) a Casablanca (Maroc). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Serie II 310:315-320 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 32052: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed, Mark Uhen, Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Mammalia | |
Theropithecus atlanticus gelada
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque | |
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika | |
Serengetilagus sp. Dietrich 1941 rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
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"Alachtherium africanum" = Ontocetus emmonsi2
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Mellivora cf. capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
Prepoecilogale cf. bolti mustelid carnivore | |
Ursus cf. etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
cf. Dinofelis sp., Homotherium sp., Acinonyx aicha2, Felis cf. silvestris, cf. Lynx sp., Panthera pardus
cf. Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Felis cf. silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
cf. Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
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Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet | |
"Hipparion cf. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion cf. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse | |
Ceratotherium cf. mauritanicum Pomel 1888 white rhino | |
Kogia sp. Gray 1846 pygmy sperm whale | |
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Beatragus antiquus, Parmularius atlanticus, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Kobus barbarus, cf. Pelorovis preafricanus, Tragelaphus sp., Gazella psolea
Parmularius atlanticus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle originally entered as "Gazella thomasi"
Kobus barbarus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
cf. Pelorovis preafricanus antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Gazella psolea Geraads and Amani 1998 gazelle | |
cf. Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
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Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere | |
cf. Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
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Trogonophis darelbeidae n. sp.1
Trogonophis darelbeidae n. sp.1 Bailon 2000 worm lizard holotype: 1 incomplete right dental (AaO 2117, INSAP, Rabat, Morocco); referred specimens: 1 incomplete right dental, 3 anterior fragments of right dentals, 1 anterior fragment of left dental, 1 premaxilla, 1 left maxilla, 2 right quadrates
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Amphibia | |
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod | |
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Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 | |
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