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Louta Cercle, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Moroccoi
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Louta CercleCercle
Nador ProvinceProvince
Oriental RegionRegion
MoroccoCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
411199
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:411199:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Cercle de Louta, Nador, Oriental, Maroc
Arabic:
دائرة الوطا, إقليم الناظور, الشرقية, المغرب


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences21
Youngest Fossil Listed5.33 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed201 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Favites
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Palaeoplesiastraea
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Columastraeidae : Palaeoplesiastraea7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Tarbellastraea
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Tarbellastraea7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Conus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Chlamys
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Isognomon
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Isognomon7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Pecten
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Cardium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardium7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Bryozoa
phylum
Animalia : Bryozoa7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Schizechinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Toxopneustidae : Schizechinus7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Clypeaster
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Clypeasteridae : Clypeaster7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Echinolampas
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinolampadoida : Echinolampadidae : Echinolampas7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Amphilestidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Eutriconodonta : Amphilestidae201.3 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Corallinaceae
family
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Ostrea edulis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea edulis7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Hyotissa hyotis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Hyotissa : Hyotissa hyotis7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Cardita (Cardita) vindobonensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Cardita : Cardita (Cardita) vindobonensis7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Panopea (Panopea) menardi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Panopea : Panopea (Panopea) menardi7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Siderastrea crenulata
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea crenulata7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Porites lobatosepta
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites lobatosepta7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Porites calabricae
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites calabricae7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
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