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
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Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Amphibia | |
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod | |
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Mammalia | |
cf. Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant | |
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere | |
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Prepoecilogale cf. bolti mustelid carnivore
Mellivora cf. capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
"Alachtherium africanum" = Ontocetus emmonsi2
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Ursus cf. etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet | |
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cf. Lynx sp., Felis cf. silvestris, Panthera pardus, Acinonyx aicha2, cf. Dinofelis sp., Homotherium sp.
cf. Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
Felis cf. silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
cf. Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat | |
cf. Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel | |
Gazella psolea, Parmularius atlanticus, Beatragus antiquus, Kobus barbarus, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Tragelaphus sp., cf. Pelorovis preafricanus
Gazella psolea Geraads and Amani 1998 gazelle
Parmularius atlanticus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
Kobus barbarus Geraads and Amani 1998 antelope
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle originally entered as "Gazella thomasi"
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
cf. Pelorovis preafricanus antelope | |
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Kogia sp. Gray 1846 pygmy sperm whale | |
"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 | |
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Serengetilagus sp. Dietrich 1941 rabbit | |
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Theropithecus atlanticus gelada
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
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Reptilia | |
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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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Actinopteri | |
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 |