Thomas Quarry 1 level G: Middle Pleistocene, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vulpes cf. rueppelli Schinz 1825
Geraads 2011
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Monachus aff. monachus (Hermann 1779)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus bibersoni
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora sp. Storr 1780
Lutra cf. maculicollis Lichtenstein 1835
recombined as Hydrictis maculicollis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Geraads 2011
Canis aff. adustus Sundevall 1847
recombined as Schaeffia adusta
Lycaon cf. magnus Ewer and Singer 1956
Lupulella mohibi Geraads 2011
Geraads 2011
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. mauritanicus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus cf. sirensis Pomel 1896
Mammalia - Suidae
Phacochoerus cf. africanus (Gmelin 1788)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella cf. atlantica Bourguignat 1870
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell 1823)
Connochaetes taurinus prognu
Bovini indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cf. cristata Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ellobius sp. Fischer 1814
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Meriones maghrebianus
Gerbillus grandis
Praomys sp. Thomas 1915
Paraethomys tighennifae
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo erectus (Dubois 1892)
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi (Andrews 1916)
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco County:Casablanca
Coordinates: 33.6° North, 7.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.6° North, 7.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Age estimate:0.65 ± 0.05 Ma (unknown)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: hard pink filling overlain by stalagmitic layers
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Collection method comments: Collections made in 1993-1995 yielded one Homo erectus tooth. The earlier 'Thomas Quarry 1' mandible also came from this level.
Metadata
Also known as:Th1-G, Hominid Level, H. erectus cave
Database number:34287
Authorizer:A. Turner, B. Allen Enterer:H. O'Regan, B. Allen
Modifier:B. Allen Research group:PACED
Created:2003-08-26 07:38:35 Last modified:2023-07-28 06:35:38
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-26 07:38:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9013.PACED D. Geraads. 2002. Plio-Pleistocene mammalian biostratigraphy of Atlantic Morocco. Quaternaire 13(1):43-53 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

9014PACED D. Geraads. 1980. La faune des sites a Homo erectus des carrieres Thomas (Casablanca, Maroc). Quaternaria 22:65-94 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
85455 D. Geraads. 2011. A revision of the fossil Canidae (Mammalia of north-western Africa. Palaeontology 54(2):429-446 [B. Allen/B. Allen]
9015PACED D. Geraads, P. Beriro, and H. Roche. 1980. La faune et l'industrie des sites a Homo erectus des carrieres Thomas (Maroc). Precisions sur l'age de ces Hominides. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris Serie D. 291:195-198 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]