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
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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"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca, Acar plicata
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Gastropoda | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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"Strombus decorus" = Conomurex decorus, "Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
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"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa
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