Site 60, Bamburi Quarry (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as Reef 3352

Where: Kenya (4.0° 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: perireef or subreef; limestone

• sheltered, leeward environment, 10-30 m depth
• fine grained Heteropsammia/Heterocyathus calcarenite sand patch

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 81100: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 04.06.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
1-5 % specimens
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra dimidiata, Terebra maculata
Terebra dimidiata auger snail
Terebra maculata Linnaeus 1758 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus textile, Conus sponsalis, Conus arenatus, Conus rattus, Conus tessulatus, Conus generalis
Conus textile cone shell
Conus sponsalis cone shell
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
5-10 % specimens
Conus tessulatus Born 1778 cone shell
1-5 % specimens
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Gloripallium pallium
Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop
1-5 % specimens
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp.
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Tridacna gigas" = Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas
"Tridacna gigas" = Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellinella sp." = Tellina (Tellinella)
"Tellinella sp." = Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch 1853 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia sp., Pitar sp., "Comus platyaulax" = Tivela (Comus), Clementia papyracea, "Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
1-5 % specimens
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
1-5 % specimens
"Comus platyaulax" = Tivela (Comus) venus clam
Clementia papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam
1-5 % specimens
"Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta Linnaeus 1758 Script Venus
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia sp.
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Heterocyathus sp.
Heterocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Heteropsammia sp.
Heteropsammia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral