Ain Maarouf, Marokko


Fundort: Ain Maarouf, Marokko, , Marokko
Taxon: Homo erectus aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, Found duing the digging of an irrigation channel. Fossils and Acheulean artefacts found on surface and in situ. 'They were all said to be from the Middle Terrace, dated as Tensifian. All fossils are dark coloured, yellow-brown or black.' The channel is now underwater. Similar in date to Tighenif, approx 0.7-0.8Ma.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 0,0117 und 2,588 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in Marokko
Geologie, Sratigraphie Gelasian, Calabrian, Middle Pleistocene, Late Pleistocene / Pleistocene /
Koordinaten: 33° 37 ' 59 '' N, 5° 20 ' 60 '' W

Literatur

D. Geraads, F. Amani, J. J. Hublin 1992, Le gisement pleistocene moyen de L'Ain Maarouf pres de El Hajeb, Maroc: presence d'un hominide. Comptes Rendues de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Serie II. 314, p. 319 - 323

Systematik