Nyali Quarry, Site 26, Patch H, 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

• back-reef patch assemblage (Porites-faviid) in a Halimeda-rich calcarenite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 2.0 x 1.0 meters (size of Patch)

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 63173: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 08.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora "sp. gp. 3", Montipora sp.
Acropora "sp. gp. 3" Oken 1815 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
abundance estimated