Sites 12&13, 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: perireef or subreef; limestone

• sheltered, leeward environment, 10-30 m depth
• calcarenite sand patch

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 81098: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 04.06.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus, Strombus sp., "Strombus decorus" = Conomurex decorus, "Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus Linnaeus 1758 true conch
5-10 % specimens
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
"Strombus decorus" = Conomurex decorus Röding 1798 conch
5-10 % specimens
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
1-5 % specimens
Timoclea marica Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
5-10 % specimens
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
5-10 % specimens
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
1-5 % specimens
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
5-10 % specimens
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
1-5 % specimens, species: lemniscatus or squamosus
Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
1-5 % specimens
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Heterocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Heteropsammia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral