Site 16, Nyali Creek, Mombasa (Pleistocene of Kenya)

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

• shallow open water Acropora band, 1-1.75 m thick, sandwiched between layers of sandy 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 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
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
1-5 % specimens
 Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
Drupella sp. Thiele 1925 snail
5-10 % specimens, ochrostoma or cornus
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis articulata Adams 1850 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis sinensis Gmelin 1791 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus, "Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus Linnaeus 1758 true conch
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
1-5 % specimens
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Columbella turturina" = Pyrene turturina
"Columbella turturina" = Pyrene turturina Lamarck 1822 snail
5-10 % specimens
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sponsalis cone shell
>10% specimens
Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810 cone shell
Conus musicus Bruguière 1792 cone shell
1-5 % specimens
Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Coralliophilidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea globulus" = Pustularia globulus, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea globulus" = Pustularia globulus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
1-5 % specimens
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
1-5 % specimens
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa numisma oyster
1-5 % specimens