Where: Morocco (34.1° N, 5.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; claystone and marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. Lauriat-Rage, A. B. Moussa, J.-P. Piquet and J.-P. Saint Martin. 1999. The bivalvia (Mollusca) from the Upper Miocene of the Sais Basin (Southern Rifian Corridor, Morocco). Palaeobiogeography and paleoecology. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 12(1):77-84 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 173164: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.09.2015
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) placentina nut clam
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sulcata Bronn 1831 nut clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella pointed nut clam | |
Ostreidae indet., "Ostreola stentina" = Ostrea stentina
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
"Ostreola stentina" = Ostrea stentina Payraudeau 1826 oyster | |
Pinnidae indet. Leach 1819 oyster | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
"Clamys (Mimachlamys) pusio" = Chlamys (Mimachlamys) scallop
Pecten (Pecten) seguenzai scallop | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Spisula (Spisula) subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam |