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
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• 2.5 x 1.5 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 63176: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 08.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Favia "sp. gp. 1" Oken 1815 stony coral | |
"Astreopora horizontalis" = Astreopora listeri, Montipora sp.
"Astreopora horizontalis" = Astreopora listeri Bernard 1896 stony coral | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
cf. Plesiastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
cf. Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |