Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Oulad Aj J'mel Member (Kef El Haroun Formation), Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• Tyrrhenian
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•Based on Rhodes et al (2006) and Textier et al (2002), I think this collection comes from the Kef El Haroun Fm., Oulad Aj J'mel member, which Rhodes et al (2006) dated as 400 +- 139 ka using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). They indicate this could be MIS 9 or 11.
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Lecointre. 1952. Recherches sur le Neogene et le Quaternaire marins de la cote Atlantique du Maroc. Publications du Service geologique du Maroc 99(1,2):1-174 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127636: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.05.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Phasianella sp. Lamarck 1804 snail
Phasianella pullus snail | |
Emarginula elongata Defrance 1819 snail
"Fissurella graeca" = Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758 snail
Fissurella reticulata snail | |
Melanella polita snail | |
Bittium reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail | |
Nassa reticulata true whelk
Nassa (Amycla) corniculum true whelk
Chauvetia candida true whelk
Chauvetia pellisphocae true whelk | |
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus, "Nassa (Cyclonassa) neritea" = Cyclope neritea
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773 snail subspecies "N. incrassata var. senegalensis"
"Nassa (Cyclonassa) neritea" = Cyclope neritea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Mangelia nebula Montagu 1803 snail | |
Marginella oryza margin shell | |
Murex (Ocinebrina) sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Barleeia rubra snail | |
Vermetus cristatus Martin 1879 worm shell | |
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Adeorbis subcarinatus snail
Circulus striatus Philippi 1836 snail | |
Turbonilla pusilla, Turbonilla pallaryi, Turbonilla tenuis, Turbonilla hannoni, Odostomia unidentata, Odostomia plicata
Turbonilla pusilla snail
Turbonilla pallaryi snail
Turbonilla tenuis snail
Turbonilla hannoni snail
Odostomia unidentata snail
Odostomia plicata Montagu 1803 snail | |
Rissoella diaphana snail | |
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca (Fossularca) lactea Linnaeus 1767 ark | |
Lima subauriculata Montagu 1808 file clam | |
Pinna truncata oyster
Pinna pectinata Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Mytilus minimus mussel | |
"Montacuta bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata
"Montacuta bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata Montague 1803 clam | |
Petricola lithophaga, "Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis
Petricola lithophaga venus clam
"Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Cardium (Parvicardium) minimum, Cardium (Parvicardium) nodosum, "Cardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
Cardium (Parvicardium) nodosum Montague 1803 cockle
"Cardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778 clam | |
Tellina pulchella Lamarck 1818 tellin clam
Tellina nitida Poli 1791 tellin clam |