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Ahl al Oughlam

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Ahl al Oughlam
Ahl al Oughlam is located in Greater Casablanca
Ahl al Oughlam
Shown within Greater Casablanca
Ahl al Oughlam is located in Morocco
Ahl al Oughlam
Ahl al Oughlam (Morocco)
Coordinates33°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.

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  • 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.