RT Journal Article
T1 Guefaït-1 (eastern Morocco), a new stage in the evolution of the late Miocene (Vallesian) small mammalian faunas of Northern Africa
A1 Agustí, Jordi
A1 Piñero, Pedro
A1 Haddoumi, Hamid
A1 Aouraghe, Hassan
A1 Furió, Marc
A1 Sevilla García, María Paloma
A1 Laplana Conesa, César
A1 Mhamdi, Hicham
A1 Lozano Fernández, Iván
A1 Blain, Hugues Alexandre
A1 Chacón, M. Gema
A1 Sala Ramos, Robert
AB The continental Late Miocene is relatively well represented in North Africa, but stratigraphic gaps are present in the Vallesian due to the scarcity of localities from this time. In this paper, we present the small mammal association from the section of Guefaït 1, in the Aïn Beni Mathar Basin (Jerada, eastern Morocco). This sequence contains three successive fossiliferous levels: Guefaït 1A, Guefaït 1B and Guefaït 1C. The small mammal association of the richest level, Guefaït 1A, includes insectivores (Schizogalerix sp., Lartetium cf. africanum), bats (cf. Hypsugo sp.) and rodents of the families Gerbillidae (Zramys salemi, Myocricetodon seboui, Myocricetodon aff. trerki, Myocricetodon sp.), Muridae (Progonomys cathalai), Gliridae (Microdyromys cf. chaabi) and Sciuridae (Atlantoxerus sp.). Large mammals are scarcely represented by Gazella sp. and Hipparion sp. The rodent association, characterised by the occurrence of Progonomys cathalai and Zramys salemi, indicates an early Late Miocene, latest Vallesian age for the sites of Guefaït 1. The novel small mammal combination from this site constitutes a significant finding that improves our understanding of evolution of terrestrial Late Miocene faunas from northern Africa.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0891-2963, ESSN: 1029-2381
YR 2022
FD 2022-07-29
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72094
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72094
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025