Also known as Reef 3352
Where: Kenya (4.2° S, 39.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 39.6° 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 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
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 81099: 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 | |
Architectonica perspectiva Linnaeus 1767 sundial | |
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Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Pleuroploca trapezium Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Terebra hectica auger snail
Terebra dimidiata auger snail | |
Conus musica cone shell
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell | |
Lophiotoma acuta turrid | |
Harpa sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
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Tonna sp. Brünnich 1772 tun shell | |
Cassis cornuta Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata, Anadara uropigimelana
Anadara uropigimelana Bory 1824 ark | |
Fragum subretusum cockle | |
"Tellinella sp." = Tellina (Tellinella)
"Tellinella sp." = Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch 1853 tellin clam | |
"Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta Linnaeus 1758 Script Venus | |
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Heteropsammia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |