Site 60, Bamburi Quarry: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra dimidiata
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Terebra maculata
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus textile
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Conus sponsalis
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Conus generalis
Linnaeus 1767
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Conus arenatus
Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
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Conus tessulatus
Born 1778
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| 1-5 % specimens | ||||||||||
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Conus rattus
Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
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| 5-10 % specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo argyrostomus
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus | ||||||||||
| 1-5 % specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Gloripallium pallium
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| 1-5 % specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara sp.
Gray 1847
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Circe scripta
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Circe (Circe) scripta | ||||||||||
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Comus platyaulax
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| spelled with current rank as Tivela (Comus) | ||||||||||
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Clementia papyracea
(Gray 1825)
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| 1-5 % specimens | ||||||||||
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Dosinia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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| 1-5 % specimens | ||||||||||
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Pitar sp.
Römer 1857
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| 1-5 % specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Tridacna gigas
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinella sp.
Mörch 1853
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| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Tellinella) | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Heterocyathus sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Heteropsammia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.0° South, 39.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.0° South, 39.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 120 ± 4 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: fine grained Heteropsammia/Heterocyathus calcarenite sand patch | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
| Geology comments: sheltered, leeward environment, 10-30 m depth | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3352 | ||
| Database number: | 81100 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Girndt, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-04 05:52:11 | Last modified: | 2012-04-27 05:15:24 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-06-04 05:52:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27259. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 41322 | G. Accordi, M. Brilli, F. Carbone and M. Voltaggio. 2010. The raised coral reef complex of the Kenyan coast: Tridacna gigas U-series dates and geological implications. Journal of African Earth Sciences 58:97-114 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |