Ahl al Oughlam - C1/LR (Pliocene of Morocco)

Also known as Deprez Quarry. C1 Argileux rouge

Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: C1/LR Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Biostratigraphic comparison of fauna suggests age of ~2.5Ma, >2.0 Ma for AaO

Environment/lithology: karst; poorly lithified sandstone

• Trap. Temperate climate, open vegetation and moist.
• C1: fissures full of sandy deposits among rock falls. LR: red sands and silts.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Raynal, J. P. Texier, D. Geraads and F. Z. Sbihi-Alaoui. 1990. Un nouveau gisement paleontologique plio-pleistocene en Afrique du Nord: Ahl al Oughlam (ancienne carriere Deprez) a Casablanca (Maroc). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Serie II 310:315-320 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32056: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mus haouzi house mouse
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Episoriculus maghrebiensis red-toothed shrew