Site 16, Nyali Creek, Mombasa: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822
Rhinoclavis sinensis Gmelin 1791
Rhinoclavis articulata Adams 1850
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
1-5 % specimens
Cypraea erosa Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Naria erosa
1-5 % specimens
Cypraea globulus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Pustularia globulus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Peristernia nassatula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella turturina Lamarck 1822
recombined as Pyrene turturina
5-10 % specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Coralliophilidae
Quoyula monodonta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sponsalis
>10% specimens
Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792
Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810
Conus musicus Bruguière 1792
1-5 % specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gibberulus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
1-5 % specimens
Strombus dentatus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Tridentarius dentatus
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
1-5 % specimens
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Drupella sp. Thiele 1925
5-10 % specimens, ochrostoma or cornus
Drupa rubusidaeus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa numisma
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia fusca (Bruguiére 1792)
recombined as Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
1-5 % specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.1° 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 band, 1-1.75 m thick, sandwiched between layers of sandy calcarenite
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:81077
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Girndt, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:44908, 44909, 44910
Created:2008-06-03 03:07:38 Last modified:2012-04-27 06:06:07
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-06-03 03:07:38
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]