Doukkala II: Pleistocene, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus cf. pictus Otth 1837
ETE occurrence; species: cf. pictus scovazzi
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo maritanicus
Bufo spinosus
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana ridibunda Pallas 1771
recombined as Pelophylax ridibunda
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Mus spretus
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758
Paraethomys ras
Meriones shawi
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus hemitoechus (Falconer 1868)
recombined as Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus mauritanicus
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella informal sp. A Blaineville 1816
Gazella informal sp. B Blaineville 1816
Gazella dracula Geraads 1981
Gazella dorcas (Linnaeus 1758)
Gazella cuvieri (Ogilby 1841)
Gazella atlantica Bourguignat 1870
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell 1823)
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766
Redunca sp. Smith 1827
Taurotragus oryx (Pallas 1766)
Pelorovis antiquus (Duvernoy 1851)
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
Geraads 2011
Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758
present category
Vulpes atlantica
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Geraads 2011
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta atlantica (Pomel 1879)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys leprosa Schweigger 1812
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 1366P. 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]