Ahl al Oughlam - C1 (Pliocene of Morocco)

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: C1/LR Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Biostratigraphic correlation of fauna suggests age of ~2.5Ma, >2.0Ma for AaO.

Environment/lithology: karst; poorly lithified sandstone

• temperate climate, open vegetation, moist. Trap.
• Fissures full of sandy deposits among rock falls.

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 32054: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. squamates
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
? Centrochelys marocana n. sp. Gmira et al. 2013 spurred tortoise
MNI = 1
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
"Alachtherium africanum" = Ontocetus emmonsi
"Alachtherium africanum" = Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Poecilictis libyca Saharan striped weasel
P. libyca minor
 Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes abdeslami Geraads 1997 raccoon dog
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes abdelalii Geraads 1997 mongoose
Ichneumia nims Geraads 1997 mongoose
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta dbaa Geraads 1997 spotted hyaena
Chasmaporthetes nitidula Ewer 1955 hyaena
C. nitidula darelbeidae
cf. Hyaenictitherium barbarum Geraads 1997 hyaena
Pliocrocuta perrieri Kretzoi 1938 hyaena
P. perrieri latidens
cf. Pliocrocuta perrieri Kretzoi 1938 hyaena
P. perrieri latidens
 Carnivora - Felidae
Acinonyx aicha Geraads 1997 cheetah
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides" = Omochoerus phacochoeroides
"Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides" = Omochoerus phacochoeroides Thomas 1884 pig
MNI = 14
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Suncus barbarus white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Muridae
Praomys skouri African soft-furred rat
P. skouri oughlamensis