Carrière d’Ar Rehamna: Late/Upper Pliocene, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo aff. kenitrensis
Gmira 1993
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| Carapace T AR1, coll. INSAP | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 33.7° North, 7.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° North, 7.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sidi Messaoud | Member: | Dune D1b |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195273 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2018-08-01 12:29:18 | Last modified: | 2018-08-01 12:31:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-08-01 12:29:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66482. | S. Gmira, F. de Lapparent de Broin, D. Geraads, D. Levefre, A. Mohib and J.-P. Raynal. 2013. Les tortues du Pliocène d’Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc) et de localités mio-pliocènes avoisinantes. Geodiversitas 35(3):691-733 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |