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
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Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Amphibia | |
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod | |
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Mammalia | |
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere | |
cf. Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant | |
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Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Ceratotherium cf. mauritanicum Pomel 1888 white rhino | |
"Hipparion cf. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion cf. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse | |
cf. Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel | |
cf. Pelorovis preafricanus, Tragelaphus sp., Beatragus antiquus, Parmularius atlanticus, Kobus barbarus, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Gazella psolea
cf. Pelorovis preafricanus antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Parmularius atlanticus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
Kobus barbarus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle originally entered as "Gazella thomasi"
Gazella psolea Geraads and Amani 1998 gazelle | |
Kogia sp. Gray 1846 pygmy sperm whale | |
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Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet | |
Panthera pardus, cf. Lynx sp., Felis cf. silvestris, Acinonyx aicha2, cf. Dinofelis sp., Homotherium sp.
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
cf. Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
Felis cf. silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
cf. Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat | |
Ursus cf. etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
"Alachtherium africanum" = Ontocetus emmonsi2
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Mellivora cf. capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
Prepoecilogale cf. bolti mustelid carnivore | |
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Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque
Theropithecus atlanticus gelada | |
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Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Serengetilagus sp. Dietrich 1941 rabbit | |
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika | |
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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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Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 |