Meknes: Tortonian - Messinian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Anadara) diluvii (Lamarck 1805)
recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Ostreola stentina (Payraudeau 1826)
original and current combination Ostrea stentina
Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa (Brocchi 1814)
synonym of Ostrea edulis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotia
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinnidae indet. Leach 1819
Atrina pectinata (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Pinna pectinata
Pinna informal sp. 1 Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) seguenzai
Amusium (Amusium) cristatum Bronn 1827
recombined as Cristatopecten cristatum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella (Lamarck 1818)
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima (Montagu 1803)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea (Panopea) sp. Menard 1807
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia (Cnesterium) longa
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) placentina
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 33.7° North, 5.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.6° North, 5.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian - Messinian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Secondary lithology: claystone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Carbonated matrix sands
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:173163
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-09-11 03:32:28 Last modified:2015-09-14 03:53:50
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-11 03:32:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

56278. 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]