Site 8, Bamburi Quarry (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as Reef 3352

Where: Kenya (4.0° S, 39.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 39.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Tridacna gigas U-Series open system age from nearby Kikambala quarry (15 m a.s.l.) and Shelly Beach Quarry (12 m a.s.l.) of 120±4 ka (group A)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• shallow open water Acropora-dominated assemblages

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. A. Crame. 1986. Late Pleistocene molluscan assemblages from the coral reefs of the Kenya coast. Coral Reefs 4:183-196 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81074: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 03.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Leptothyra filifera" = Collonista, "Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Leptothyra filifera" = Collonista snail
5-10 % specimens
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
>10% specimens
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
5-10 % specimens
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Semipecten radula" = Decatopecten radula, Spondylus sp.
"Semipecten radula" = Decatopecten radula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
1-5 % specimens
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
5-10 % specimens
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
>10% specimens
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral