Nyali Creek, Mombasa, 16a (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as Reef 3352

Where: Kenya (4.1° 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

• shallow open water Acropora band, 1-1.75 m thick, sandwiched between layers of sandy calcarenite

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 44908: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Corals only
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea retiformis
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora "sp. 3", Acropora muricata
Acropora "sp. 3" Oken 1815 stony coral
sp. 3, 4
Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
sp. 4 - A. formosa (synonym of A. muricata)
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp.
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
sp. gp. 1