Doukkala II: Pleistocene, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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Discoglossus cf. pictus
Otth 1837
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ETE occurrence; species: cf. pictus scovazzi | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo maritanicus
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Bufo spinosus
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana ridibunda
Pallas 1771
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recombined as Pelophylax ridibunda | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hystrix cristata
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Mus spretus
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Mus musculus
Linnaeus 1758
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Paraethomys ras
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Meriones shawi
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus capensis
Linnaeus 1758
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Oryctolagus cuniculus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus hemitoechus
(Falconer 1868)
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recombined as Stephanorhinus hemitoechus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus mauritanicus
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Equus asinus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella informal sp. A
Blaineville 1816
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Gazella informal sp. B
Blaineville 1816
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Gazella dracula
Geraads 1981
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Gazella dorcas
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gazella cuvieri
(Ogilby 1841)
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Gazella atlantica
Bourguignat 1870
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Capra sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Oryx sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Hippotragus sp.
Sundevall 1845
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Connochaetes taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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Redunca sp.
Smith 1827
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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Pelorovis antiquus
(Duvernoy 1851)
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Lycaon pictus
(Temminck 1820)
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Canis aureus
Linnaeus 1758
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present category | |||||||||
Vulpes atlantica
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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geraads 2011 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta atlantica
(Pomel 1879)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo graeca
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys leprosa
Schweigger 1812
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Morocco |
Coordinates: | 34.4° North, 6.1° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 6.1° West |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Pleistocene - Pleistocene |
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Belongs to Mid Pleistocene (Amirian) or Upper Pleistocene (Teniftian) to Soltanian (20,000 BP)" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Lithology description: Karstic depression of thin rubefied depth distribution in 3 stratigraphic levels | |
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1313, Doukkala II | ||
Database number: | 22489 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, B. Allen, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, B. Allen, R. Potts, J. Damuth |
Modifier: | B. Allen | ||
Created: | 2000-04-10 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-07-28 06:56:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-04-10 01:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5619. | ETE 1366 | P. Michel and L. Wengler. 1993. Le site paleontologique et archeologique de DoukkalaII:premier jalon en Afrique du Nord dun comportement humain assimilable a un charongnage controle et actif. C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris 317,serieII 557-562 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
85455 | D. Geraads. 2011. A revision of the fossil Canidae (Mammalia of north-western Africa. Palaeontology 54(2):429-446 [B. Allen/B. Allen] |