Mugharet el 'Aliya: Pleistocene - Holocene, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Homoioceras antiquus
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus mauritanicus
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros mercki Kaup 1841
synonym of Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Gazella dorcas (Linnaeus 1758)
Gazella atlantica Bourguignat 1870
Gazella rufina Thomas 1894
Taurotragus oryx (Pallas 1766)
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758
Connochaetes sp. (Lichtenstein 1812)
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816
Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758
Ammotragus lervia (Pallas 1777)
original and current combination Antilope lervia
Mammalia - Suidae
Phacochoerus africanus (Gmelin 1788)
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: barbarus
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: domestica
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Monachus albiventer (Boddaert 1785)
synonym of Monachus monachus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Larteti
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora sp. Storr 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758
present category
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus saxatilis
present category
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo mauritanicus
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 35.8° North, 5.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.7° North, 5.9° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene
*International age/stage:Holocene (minimum)
Key time interval:Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max age based on comparisons with dated sites; 2 C14 dates 625 and 2340 bp on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: medium grained sand with pebbles and finer materials; yellow and grey in color
Environment:cave
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: solution cavity
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying
Collection size:0 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 675, Mugharet el 'Aliya,
Database number:21856
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, J. Damuth
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1997-05-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-25 21:59:02
Access level:the public Released:1997-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5211.ETE 923B. Howe, C. Arambourg, and L. C. Briggs. 1967. The Palaeolithic of Tangier, Morocco. Harvard University Bulletin 22 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]