Also known as Reef 3352
Where: Kenya (4.0° S, 39.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 39.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-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)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Focus on ecological succession in reefs
Primary reference: J. A. Crame. 1980. Succession and diversity in the Pleistocene coral reefs of the Kenya Coast. Palaeontology 23(1):1-37 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44899: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
Echinopora sp., Platygyra sp., Platygyra lamellina, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral | |
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Acropora "sp. 3" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. 7" Oken 1815 stony coral | |
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Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
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Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |