The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography
7th International Meeting of the Society-for-Avian-Paleontology-and-Evolution Australian Museum, Sydney, AUSTRALIA August 18-23, 2008 International audience The locality of Ahl at Oughlam, situated at the southeastern limit of the city of Casablanca (Morocco) at about 34 degrees north, is dated by t...
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ftunivlyon:oai:HAL:insu-00672613v1 2023-05-15T17:35:14+02:00 The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile Geraads, Denis PaleoEnvironnements et PaleobioSphere (PEPS) Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Dynamique de l'évolution humaine : individus, populations, espèces Paris (DEHIPE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2010-05-26 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00672613 https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1538 en eng HAL CCSD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1538 insu-00672613 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00672613 doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1538 Records of the Australian Museum https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00672613 Records of the Australian Museum, 2010, 62 (1), pp.157-184. ⟨10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1538⟩ PHASIANIDS AVES OLDUVAI-GORGE FOSSIL BIRDS AFRICA MIOCENE PLEISTOCENE TANZANIA SPAIN CHAD STRIGIFORMES [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2010 ftunivlyon https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1538 2023-03-15T17:39:53Z 7th International Meeting of the Society-for-Avian-Paleontology-and-Evolution Australian Museum, Sydney, AUSTRALIA August 18-23, 2008 International audience The locality of Ahl at Oughlam, situated at the southeastern limit of the city of Casablanca (Morocco) at about 34 degrees north, is dated by the biochronology of its rich mammalian fauna to about 2.5 Ma. At the present time it is 6.5 km from the Atlantic Ocean but it was on the seashore when the fossil material was deposited. Among the seabirds are Phoebastria anglica, Phoebastria sp. cf. P. albatrus, Phoebastria sp. cf. P. nigripes, Pelagornis mauretanicus, Calonectris sp. cf. C. diomedea, Morus peninsularis, Morus sp. cf. M. bassanus, Catharacta sp. cf. C. skua, Alca ausonia. Among the landbirds are Struthio asiaticus, Geronticus olsoni n.sp., several anseriforms, Plioperdix africana n.sp., several otidids, Agapornis atlanticus n.sp., Tyto balearica, T. alba, Surnia robusta, and a few Passeriformes. The Recent species of albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus and P. nigripes live in the North Pacific but were also present in the North Atlantic until the Middle Pleistocene. The marine avifauna shows many similarities with that of the Yorktown Formation, in North Carolina. Unlike the mammals, which include many genera in common with the African faunas, the landbirds have more affinities with the Palaearctic region than with the Ethiopian region. They include several extinct genera or species that have been described, or identified, in the Pliocene of the Palaearctic region. The terrestrial avifauna is very different from all those that have been described from the upper Miocene and Pliocene of Africa Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Université de Lyon: HAL Pacific Records of the Australian Museum 62 1 157 184 |
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7th International Meeting of the Society-for-Avian-Paleontology-and-Evolution Australian Museum, Sydney, AUSTRALIA August 18-23, 2008 International audience The locality of Ahl at Oughlam, situated at the southeastern limit of the city of Casablanca (Morocco) at about 34 degrees north, is dated by the biochronology of its rich mammalian fauna to about 2.5 Ma. At the present time it is 6.5 km from the Atlantic Ocean but it was on the seashore when the fossil material was deposited. Among the seabirds are Phoebastria anglica, Phoebastria sp. cf. P. albatrus, Phoebastria sp. cf. P. nigripes, Pelagornis mauretanicus, Calonectris sp. cf. C. diomedea, Morus peninsularis, Morus sp. cf. M. bassanus, Catharacta sp. cf. C. skua, Alca ausonia. Among the landbirds are Struthio asiaticus, Geronticus olsoni n.sp., several anseriforms, Plioperdix africana n.sp., several otidids, Agapornis atlanticus n.sp., Tyto balearica, T. alba, Surnia robusta, and a few Passeriformes. The Recent species of albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus and P. nigripes live in the North Pacific but were also present in the North Atlantic until the Middle Pleistocene. The marine avifauna shows many similarities with that of the Yorktown Formation, in North Carolina. Unlike the mammals, which include many genera in common with the African faunas, the landbirds have more affinities with the Palaearctic region than with the Ethiopian region. They include several extinct genera or species that have been described, or identified, in the Pliocene of the Palaearctic region. The terrestrial avifauna is very different from all those that have been described from the upper Miocene and Pliocene of Africa |
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PaleoEnvironnements et PaleobioSphere (PEPS) Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Dynamique de l'évolution humaine : individus, populations, espèces Paris (DEHIPE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography |
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The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography |
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The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography |
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The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography |
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The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography |
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