Malindi, 28 (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as Reef 3353

Where: Kenya (3.3° S, 40.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 40.1° 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 Watamu (5 m a.s.l.) and Ras Ngomeni (3 m a.s.l.) of 118±7 ka (group B)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• open shallow water Acropora-dominated mound on a sandy substrate

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 44911: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Corals only
Show authors, comments, and common names
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
sp. gp. 2
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia corymbosa, Acanthastrea echinata
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp.
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora "sp. 3", Acropora "sp. 7", Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, "Astreopora horizontalis" = Astreopora listeri
Acropora "sp. 3" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. 7" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
sp. 2
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Astreopora horizontalis" = Astreopora listeri Bernard 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp., Platygyra lamellina, Leptoria phrygia, Hydnophora microconos, Goniastrea sp., "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea heliopora
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral