An inhabitant found bones (see photos) at 1 m depth when he dug to build a wall in the Azilal region (north side of the central High Atlas). Can you give an idea about these bones? do they have a geological interest?
Question to paleontologists and you did not include paleontology as a subject. So, paleontologists do not see your question.
Hi, thanks for sharing your picture!
This looks like the lower jaw of a horse (Equus ferus caballus). I can't tell for certain without better pictures, but the height of the teeth and the wear suggest to me this is a domestic horse, either a wild one or owned by someone. The preservation (for example, the light color of the broken surfaces) is characteristic of modern to Pleistocene bones. In Morocco, this makes it more a biology or archaeology specimen than a paleontology one, since horses seem to have been brought to North Africa by humans. It's not impossible that this is a different species, but I don't know of records of pre-human Iberian horses in the Atlas or Zebras making it that far North. There are ancient horses from the Miocene (~15 million years ago) of Morocco, and even relatively close, near Ouarzazate. They don't look like this however, and your specimen looks much younger. If you want to look into it further I'd see if you can contact a horse expert.
Cheers,
Ashley
Thank you very much Mr Ashley for information.
yes okay it does not interest paleo Mr Vladimir.
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