Also known as OH1-HEC, Thomas Quarry 3. Thomas Quarry III
Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• This site, formerly known as Thomas Quarry 3, has been completely destroyed by quarrying. Probably belongs to the same faunal unit as Thomas Quarry 1 (very approx. 0.7-0.6Ma).
Environment/lithology: cave
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: D. Geraads. 2002. Plio-Pleistocene mammalian biostratigraphy of Atlantic Morocco. Quaternaire 13(1):43-53 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 34329: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Equus cf. mauritanicus horse | |
Gazella cf. atlantica Bourguignat 1870 gazelle
? Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
"Rabaticeras sp." = Numidocapra Arambourg 1949 antelope | |
Phacochoerus cf. africanus Gmelin 1788 common warthog | |
Ursus bibersoni bear | |
"Canis aff. adustus" = Schaeffia adusta
"Canis aff. adustus" = Schaeffia adusta Sundevall 1847 side-striped jackal | |
Lynx thomasi lynx | |
Hystrix cf. cristata Linnaeus 1758 crested porcupine | |
Paraethomys tighennifae mouse | |
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada | |
Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human |