Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 27 Sparidae.a Spicara smaris (Linnaeus,1758), SMF PO 101.292,Dar bel Hamri. b–c Spondyliosoma tingitana n. sp., Dar bel Hamri, Zanclean, c holotype, SMF PO 101.293 (reversed),b paratype,SMF PO 101.294 (reversed). d, Spicara alta (Osório, 1917), SMF PO 101.291, Dar bel Hamri. e–f Dentex canariensis Steindachner,1881, SMF PO 101.266 (f reversed), Dar bel Hamri. g Opsodentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953, SMF PO 101.268.h–i Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758), SMF PO 101.267 (h reversed). j–m Opsodentex mordax n. sp., Dar bel Hamri, Zanclean,j holotype, SMF PO 101.269 (reversed),k–m paratypes, SMF PO 101.295 (k–l reversed)

Fig. 3 Photographs of selected section locations. a Base of section 2 at Sidi Mohamed ech Chleuh above river level. b, c Kef Nsour cliff (section 4); b panoramic view; c view of cliff top with Piacenzian sediments exposed. d, e Tortonian outcrop sequence near Sidi bou Sensal (section 7, and section 6 to the left in d); d panoramic view; e eroded basal Tortonian bioturbated mudstones at section 7 in the Oued Beth river bed; f panoramic view of upthrusted Jurassic rocks of the Jebel Kansera along the Oued Beth gorge

Fig. 4 Schematized outcrop-section along the Oued Beth right river bank based on studied sections

Fig. 5 Range chart of selected planktonic foraminifera observed in the study area.Ranges after mikrotax.org (2022) and Aze et al. (2011) and Maniscalco and Brunner (1998) for the Globorotalia margaritae plexus.Occurrences in studied sections and related regional biostratigraphic events mainly after Wernli (1988), Barhoun and Bachiri Taoufiq (2008) and Yousfi et al. (2013). Numbers refer to the sampled sections shown in Fig. 2

Fig. 6 Photoplate of selected planktonic foraminifera deemed of stratigraphic significance. Globorotalia margaritae primitiva: a Sidi Mohamed ech Chleuh (section 2), Zanclean level 2. Globorotalia margaritae margaritae: b, Kef Nsour (section 4), higher Zanclean; c, d, Sidi Mohamed ech Chleuh (section 2), Zanclean level 2;. Globorotalia margaritae evoluta: e, Kef Nsour (section 4), higher Zanclean. Globorotalia praemargaritae: f–h, Sidi bou Sensal (sections 6 and 7),Tortonian clay. Globorotalia cibaoensis?: i Sidi Mohamed ech Chleuh (section 2), Zanclean level 1. Globorotalia crassula: j Kef Nsour (section 4), basal Zanclean.Globorotalia juanai?: k Jebel Zebbouj (section 3), higher Zanclean.Globorotalia plesiotumida: l Sidi bou Sensal (section 7), basal Tortonian mudstone. Globorotalia saphoae: m Sidi bou Sensal (section 7), Tortonian clay.Globorotalia miotumida: n Sidi Mohamed ech Chleuh (section 2), Zanclean level 2 (presumed reworked). Globorotalia merotumida: o, p Dar bel Hamri (section 1), Zanclean, yellow sands of Dar bel Hamri (presumed reworked). Neogloboquadrina acostaensis: q Sidi bou Sensal (section 7),Tortonian clay; r Kef Nsour (section 4), basal Zanclean. Neogloboquadrina incompta: s Sidi bou Sensal (section 6), Tortonian clay.Neogloboquadrina dutertrei: t Jebel Zebbouj (section 3), higher Zanclean. Globigerinoides extremus: u Jebel Zebbouj (section 3), higher Zanclean. Sphaeroidinellopsis kochi: v Dar bel Hamri (section 1), coquina. Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina: w, x Sidi bou Sensal (section 7),Tortonian clay. Sphaeroidinella dehiscens: y Jebel Zebbouj (section 3), higher Zanclean