Where: Morocco (34.1° N, 5.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 5.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Tortonian or Messinian

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; claystone and marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Lauriat-Rage, A. B. Moussa, J.-P. Piquet and J.-P. Saint Martin. 1999. The bivalvia (Mollusca) from the Upper Miocene of the Sais Basin (Southern Rifian Corridor, Morocco). Palaeobiogeography and paleoecology. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 12(1):77-84 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173165: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.09.2015

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