Also known as Reef 3352
Where: Kenya (4.1° S, 39.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 39.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-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)
• 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 81077: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 03.06.2008, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
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Drupa rubusidaeus snail | |
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis articulata Adams 1850 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis sinensis Gmelin 1791 cerith snail | |
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus, "Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus Linnaeus 1758 true conch | |
Peristernia nassatula snail | |
"Columbella turturina" = Pyrene turturina
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Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810 cone shell
Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792 cone shell | |
Quoyula monodonta snail | |
"Cypraea globulus" = Pustularia globulus, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea globulus" = Pustularia globulus Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Bivalvia | |
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
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