Ain Lorma 1: Tortonian - Messinian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Ledella) bonellii
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia (Cnesterium) longa
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) placentina
Nucula (Nucula) nucleus (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) sp. Lamarck 1799
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Flabellipecten fraterculus (Sowerby in Smith 1841)
Amusium (Amusium) cristatum Bronn 1827
recombined as Cristatopecten cristatum
Pecten (Pecten) seguenzai
Palliolum similis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea (Limea) strigilata (Brocchi 1814)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ephippium Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca lactea
Anadara (Anadara) diluvii (Lamarck 1805)
recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) glycymeris (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Glycymeris glycymeris
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) sp. da Costa 1778
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Plagicardium (Papillicardium) papilosum
Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) paucicostata Sowerby 1834
Cardium (Bucardium) hians Spengler 1799
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Serratina) serrata Renier 1804
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus (Glossus) humanus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Timoclea (Timoclea) ovata (Pennant 1777)
Venus (Dosina) alternans
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella (Lamarck 1818)
Clausinella scalaris
Pitar (Pitar) rudis (Poli 1795)
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima (Montagu 1803)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans (Centrocardita) intermedia (Brocchi 1814)
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 33.9° North, 6.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.8° North, 6.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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: 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:173166
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-09-11 05:18:55 Last modified:2015-09-14 03:58:39
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-11 05:18:55
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]