Ahl al Oughlam

Ahl al Oughlam
Location of Ahl al Oughlam in Greater Casablanca Show map of Greater Casablanca Ahl al Oughlam (Morocco) Show map of Morocco
33°34′5.56″N 7°30′42.73″W / 33.5682111°N 7.5118694°W / 33.5682111; -7.5118694

Ahl al Oughlam is an archaeological site and palaeontological site located just outside Casablanca, Morocco. It was discovered in 1985 and first excavated in 1989. Ahl al Oughlam is the richest late Neogene vertebrate locality of North Africa. It has also yielded the area's first important carnivore fauna, including 23 taxa, 13 of which are new.

See also

• Taforalt

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070205181619/http://www.ivry.cnrs.fr/deh/geraads/aao/wintro.htm
• Geraads, Denis (January 1997). "Carnivores du Pliocène terminal de Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc)" [Late Pliocene Carnivora from Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca)]. Geobios (in French). 30 (1): 127–164. Bibcode:1997Geobi..30..127G. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(97)80263-X. INIST 2608972.