Where: Kenya (4.0° S, 39.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 39.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Nardini. 1934. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, introduzione e parte I (gasteropodi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, introduction and part I (gastropods)]. Palaeontographia Italica 34:171-267 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101544: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Nerita undata Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Lanistes olivaceus apple snail | |
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Terebra maculata Linnaeus 1758 auger snail | |
Natica mammilla moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Meleagrina margaritifera" = Pinctada
"Meleagrina margaritifera" = Pinctada pearl oyster | |
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark |