Oued Zitoune: Tortonian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana (Ledella) bonellii
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Nuculana (Nuculana) hoernesi
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Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis
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| original and current combination Saccella | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia (Cnesterium) longa
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (Nucula) placentina
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinoma borealis
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis | |||||||
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Myrtea (Myrtea) spinifera
Montagu 1803
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Linga (Bellucina) agassizi
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Divaricella ornata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Serratina) serrata
Renier 1804
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
(Poli 1781)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Pitar) rudis
(Poli 1795)
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Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
(Lamarck 1818)
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Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
(Montagu 1803)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna tetragona
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Propeamussium felsineum
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| original and current combination Pecten (Propeamussium) | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ephippium
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Limaria (Limatulella) loscombii
(Sowerby 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium (Amusium) cristatum
Bronn 1827
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| recombined as Cristatopecten cristatum | |||||||
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Flabellipecten fraterculus
(Sowerby in Smith 1841)
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Pecten (Pecten) seguenzai
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala
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| synonym of Limopsis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Anadara) diluvii
(Lamarck 1805)
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| recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 34.1° North, 5.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 5.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Tortonian or Messinian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | marl |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 173165 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-09-11 04:45:24 | Last modified: | 2015-09-11 04:45:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-09-11 04:45:24 |
| 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] |