Site 6, 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: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reef front terrace
• deeper water Acropora terrace associated with Halimeda microhabitats

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 81036: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 27.05.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail
1-5 % specimens
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus, "Leptothyra filifera" = Collonista
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
1-5 % specimens
"Leptothyra filifera" = Collonista snail
1-5 % specimens
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
1-5 % specimens
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis articulata Adams 1850 cerith snail
1-5 % specimens
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus Linnaeus 1758 true conch
1-5 % specimens
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella paxillus olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Columbella turturina" = Pyrene turturina Lamarck 1822 snail
5-10 % specimens
Columbella varians snail
1-5 % specimens
Columbella musicus snail
1-5 % specimens
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Casmaria sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Phalium sp. Link 1807 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail
1-5 % specimens
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea globulus" = Pustularia globulus, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea scurra" = Mauritia scurra
"Cypraea globulus" = Pustularia globulus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
1-5 % specimens
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
1-5 % specimens
"Cypraea scurra" = Mauritia scurra Gmelin 1791 cowry
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Scutellastra sp. Adams and Adams 1854 limpet
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca, "Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa, Acar plicata
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
1-5 % specimens
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam
Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Decatopecten flabelloides scallop
1-5 % specimens
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
1-5 % specimens
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
1-5 % specimens
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792 clam
1-5 % specimens