Bèni Mellal: Astaracian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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cf. Eremias sp.
Wiegmann 1834
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae informal indet. 1
Oppel 1811
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Colubridae informal indet. 2
Oppel 1811
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Reptilia
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Scolecophidia indet.
Duméril and Bibron 1844
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Python maurus n. sp.
Rage 1976
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Erycinae indet.
Bonaparte 1825
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| "either Eryx sp. or Gongylophis sp." | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Elapidae
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Naja antiqua n. sp.
Rage 1976
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera maghrebiana n. sp.
Rage 1976
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Reptilia
- Amphisbaenidae
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Amphisbaenidae indet.
Gray 1865
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Scincidae
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Eumeces sp.
Wiegmann 1834
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Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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Gekkonidae informal indet. 1
Gray 1825
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Gekkonidae informal indet. 2
Gray 1825
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Tarentola sp.
Gray 1825
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Daza et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| Large form known from BML 915, frontal; BML 914, a dentary; fragments of maxilla and some vertebrae are also present. A dentary and vertebrae represent the smallest form. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Martes khelifensis n. sp.
Ginsburg 1977
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Ginsburg 1977 | |||||||||
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Mellalictis mellalensis n. gen., n. sp.
Ginsburg 1977
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Ginsburg 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Agnotherium cf. antiquum
Kaup 1833
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Ginsburg 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Genetta sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Ginsburg 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaenictis graeca
Gaudry 1861
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Ginsburg 1977 | |||||||||
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Ictitherium cf. arambourgi
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Ginsburg 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ginsburg 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetodon sp.
Lartet 1851
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Arambourg 1963 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
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Hyracoidea indet.
Huxley 1869
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Arambourg 1963 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Tadla-Azilal |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 6.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 7.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Astaracian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Taxa Palaeonaja sp. and Ophisaurus sp. (entered as "Ophiosaurus sp."), originally included in the taxonomic list, have been removed since they are not reported by Rage (1976, ref no. 12976) from Bèni Mellal. Instead, according to Rage (1976, ref no. 12977), these taxa occur in Çalta (Turkey) and are already present in the taxonomic list of that collection (see PBDB coll. no. 34370). (TL) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48630 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Head, J. Mueller, M. Uhen, P. Barrett | Enterer: | J. Head, M. Uhen, T. Cleary, T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-24 19:14:58 | Last modified: | 2015-04-13 17:10:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-24 19:14:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12976. | J.-C. Rage. 1976. Les Squamates du Miocène de Bèni Mellal, Maroc. Géologie Méditerranéenne 3(2):57-70 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head] |
Secondary references:
| 43778 | C. Arambourg. 1963. Continental vertebrate faunas of the Tertiary of North Africa. In F. C. Howell, F. Bourliere (eds.), African Ecology and Human Evolution 55-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 59595 | J. D. Daza, A. M. Bauer, and E. D. Snively. 2014. On the fossil record of the Gekkota. The Anatomical Record 297:433-462 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] | |
| 16909 | L. Ginsburg. 1977. Les carnivores du Miocene de Beni Mellal (Maroc). Geologie Mediterraneene 4(3):225-240 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |