Where: Fes, Morocco (33.8° N, 4.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 4.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Terrestrial deposits are surrounded by Miocene marine deposits, however no contact has been found. Base of terrestrial sequence is a basalt resting directly on Jurassic beds. The basalt is covered by a red volcanic formation (10-20 m thick) that has been dated to 9.7 +/- 0.5 Ma. Volcanic deposits are overlain by a series of lacustrine chalk ('calcaires') deposits (20-150 m thick). Fossil locality is from a small black clay lense rich in shells and small gastropods. This lense is located near the base of the chalk sequence.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified, lenticular, shelly/skeletal, black claystone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• No information on collection size.

Primary reference: J. J. Jaeger. 1977. Les rongeurs du miocene moyen et superieur du Maghreb. Palaeovertebrata 8(1):1-166 [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35361: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Suzanne Cote on 06.12.2003

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