Also known as Deprez Quarry. C1 Argileux rouge
Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: C1/LR Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Biostratigraphic comparison of fauna suggests age of ~2.5Ma, >2.0 Ma for AaO
Environment/lithology: karst; poorly lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 32056: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Episoriculus maghrebiensis red-toothed shrew | |
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Irhoudia aff. bohlini gundi | |
Mus haouzi house mouse
Paraethomys chikeri mouse |