Site 7, Bamburi Quarry: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis radula (Linnaeus 1758)
1-5 % specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758
1-5 % specimens
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Leptothyra filifera
synonym of Collonista
1-5 % specimens
Turbo argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
5-10 % specimens
Turbo petholatus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sponsalis
Conus leopardus Dillwyn 1817
synonym of Conus vexillum
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792
Conus cf. ebraeus Linnaeus 1758
Conus litteratus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus
Conus catus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga teres
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Semipallium radula
Cryptopecten pallium (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Gloripallium pallium
Semipecten radula Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Decatopecten radula
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima squamosa
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula imbricata
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
1-5 % specimens
Alectryonella sp. Sacco 1897
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia fusca (Bruguiére 1792)
recombined as Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
5-10 % specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.0° South, 39.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.0° South, 39.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:120 ± 4 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 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)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: shallow open water Acropora-dominated assemblages
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Glacial or sequence phase:interglacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3352
Database number:81072
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Girndt, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-06-03 02:09:59 Last modified:2012-04-27 05:12:51
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-06-03 02:09:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27259. 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]

Secondary references:

41322 G. Accordi, M. Brilli, F. Carbone and M. Voltaggio. 2010. The raised coral reef complex of the Kenyan coast: Tridacna gigas U-series dates and geological implications. Journal of African Earth Sciences 58:97-114 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]