Site 14, 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

• large coral knoll on soft substrates in deeper-water environments

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 81103: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 04.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp.
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris sp.
Pachyseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral