Site 9-11, 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 81075: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 03.06.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis radula
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail
1-5 % specimens
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sponsalis, Conus lividus, "Conus litteratus" = Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus, "Conus leopardus" = Conus vexillum, Conus cf. ebraeus, Conus catus
Conus sponsalis cone shell
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792 cone shell
"Conus litteratus" = Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus leopardus" = Conus vexillum Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Conus cf. ebraeus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus catus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus maculatus
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
5-10 % specimens
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus, "Leptothyra filifera" = Collonista
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
5-10 % specimens
"Leptothyra filifera" = Collonista snail
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
1-5 % specimens
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp., Alectryonella sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
1-5 % specimens
Alectryonella sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp., Semipallium radula, "Cryptopecten pallium" = Gloripallium pallium, Decatopecten flabelloides, "Semipecten radula" = Decatopecten radula
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
1-5 % specimens
"Cryptopecten pallium" = Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop
"Semipecten radula" = Decatopecten radula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima squamosa
Lima squamosa file clam
1-5 % specimens
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga teres
Lithophaga teres mussel
1-5 % specimens
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita variegata
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792 clam
1-5 % specimens
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp., Tridacna sp.
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
1-5 % specimens
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp.
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta puerpera, Irus sp.
Periglypta puerpera Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
1-5 % specimens
Irus sp. Schmidt 1818 venus clam
1-5 % specimens