Site 31, Msambweni Quarry (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (4.5° S, 39.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 39.5° 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 of 120±4 ka (group A)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• back-reef small coral patches and scattered coral colonies (Porites-faviid assemblage) in a Halimeda-rich calcarenite
• rubbly calcarenite areas exposed between Galaxea clavus banks

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 81094: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 04.06.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys senatorius" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop
1-5 % specimens
Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop
1-5 % specimens
Decatopecten flabelloides scallop
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula imbricata scallop
5-10 % specimens
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
5-10 % specimens
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia helblingii clam
5-10 % specimens
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
Arca navicularis Bruguière 1789 ark
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam
1-5 % specimens
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
1-5 % specimens
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
1-5 % specimens
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta puerpera Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
5-10 % specimens
Clementia papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam
1-5 % specimens