Also known as Deprez Quarry
Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Biostratigraphic comparison of fauna suggests age of ~2.5Ma, >2.0Ma for NaO
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified limestone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, coprolite
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 32052: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed, Mark Uhen, Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 | |
Amphibia | |
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod | |
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Trogonophis darelbeidae n. sp.1
Trogonophis darelbeidae n. sp.1 Bailon 2000 worm lizard holotype: 1 incomplete right dental (AaO 2117, INSAP, Rabat, Morocco); referred specimens: 1 incomplete right dental, 3 anterior fragments of right dentals, 1 anterior fragment of left dental, 1 premaxilla, 1 left maxilla, 2 right quadrates
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Mammalia | |
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere | |
cf. Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant | |
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Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Serengetilagus sp. Dietrich 1941 rabbit | |
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika | |
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque
Theropithecus atlanticus gelada | |
Acinonyx aicha2, cf. Lynx sp., Felis cf. silvestris, Panthera pardus, Homotherium sp., cf. Dinofelis sp.
cf. Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
Felis cf. silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
cf. Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat | |
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet | |
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Ursus cf. etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
"Alachtherium africanum" = Ontocetus emmonsi2
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Mellivora cf. capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
Prepoecilogale cf. bolti mustelid carnivore | |
cf. Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel | |
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Kogia sp. Gray 1846 pygmy sperm whale | |
Gazella psolea, Kobus barbarus, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Parmularius atlanticus, Beatragus antiquus, cf. Pelorovis preafricanus, Tragelaphus sp.
Gazella psolea Geraads and Amani 1998 gazelle
Kobus barbarus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle originally entered as "Gazella thomasi"
Parmularius atlanticus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
cf. Pelorovis preafricanus antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Ceratotherium cf. mauritanicum Pomel 1888 white rhino | |
"Hipparion cf. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion cf. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse | |
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Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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