Site 30, Diani Quarry (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (4.3° S, 39.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 39.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Tridacna gigas U-Series open system age from nearby Msambweni quarry (14 m a.s.l.) of 120±4 ka (group A) and from Diani Beach (2 m a.s.l.) of 100±4 ka (group C)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• back-reef small composite coral patches and scattered coral colonies (Porites-faviid assemblage) in a Halimeda-rich calcarenite

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. A. Crame. 1986. Late Pleistocene molluscan assemblages from the coral reefs of the Kenya coast. Coral Reefs 4:183-196 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81093: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 04.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca, Acar plicata
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
1-5 % specimens
Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
1-5 % specimens
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
1-5 % specimens
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa numisma
Hyotissa numisma oyster
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Gloripallium pallium, Spondylus sp.
Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop
5-10 % specimens
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
5-10 % specimens
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp.
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
>10 % specimens
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp.
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
1-5 % specimens
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp.
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo sp.
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis radula
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail
1-5 % specimens
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus decorus" = Conomurex decorus, "Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus decorus" = Conomurex decorus Röding 1798 conch
1-5 % specimens
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
1-5 % specimens
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
1-5 % specimens