Oulad Hamida 1 - Homo erectus cave: Pleistocene, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo erectus
(Dubois 1892)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus cf. oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Paraethomys tighennifae
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix cf. cristata
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis aff. adustus
Sundevall 1847
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| recombined as Schaeffia adusta | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus bibersoni
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx thomasi
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. mauritanicus
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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? Damaliscus sp.
Sclater and Thomas 1894
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Rabaticeras sp.
Ennouchi 1953
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| synonym of Numidocapra | ||||||||||
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Connochaetes taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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| Connochaetes taurinus prognu | ||||||||||
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Gazella cf. atlantica
Bourguignat 1870
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus cf. africanus
(Gmelin 1788)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephantidae indet.
Gray 1821
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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 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: This site, formerly known as Thomas Quarry 3, has been completely destroyed by quarrying. Probably belongs to the same faunal unit as Thomas Quarry 1 (very approx. 0.7-0.6Ma). |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:no microfauna found at the site, but cranial fragments of Homo erectus were found. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | OH1-HEC, Thomas Quarry 3. Thomas Quarry III | ||
| Database number: | 34329 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-08-27 05:44:06 | Last modified: | 2003-08-27 09:42:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-27 05:44:06 |
| 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:
| 9014 | PACED | 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] |