Nyali Creek, Site 23, Horizon B (Pleistocene of Kenya)

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; framestone

• small to medium-sized coral patches in a rubbly back-reef area

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 5.0m hoizontal x 2.0m vertical spatial scale of plot.

Primary reference: J. A. Crame. 1981. Ecological stratification in the Pleistocene coral reefs of the Kenya coast. Palaeontology 24(3):609-646 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63155: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 08.08.2006, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. gp. 2"
Porites "sp. gp. 2" Link 1807 stony coral
4+1 cf.
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea retiformis, cf. Cyphastrea sp., Cyphastrea microphthalma
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
cf. Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia "sp. gp. 1"
Favia "sp. gp. 1" Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Symphyllia sp.
Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral