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
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
Anthozoa | |
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Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
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 palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Astreopora horizontalis" = Astreopora listeri Bernard 1896 stony coral | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
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 | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral |