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
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 81092: 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 | |
Cymatiidae indet. Iredale 1913 snail | |
"Cypraea cf. arabica" = Mauritia arabica, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea cf. arabica" = Mauritia arabica Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Botula sp. Mörch 1853 mussel | |
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Amiantis sp. Carpenter 1863 venus clam | |
Trapezium sp. Mühlfeld 1811 clam | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle | |
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam |