Site 26 B, Nyali Quarry (Pleistocene of Kenya)

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

• back-reef patch assemblage (Porites-faviid) in a Halimeda-rich calcarenite

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
 Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae indet. Iredale 1913 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"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
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga obesa mussel
1-5 % specimens
Lithophaga teres mussel
>10 % specimens
Botula sp. Mörch 1853 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
1-5 % specimens
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa numisma oyster
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima squamosa file clam
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
sp.: lemniscatus or squamosus
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
1-5 % specimens
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Irus sp. Schmidt 1818 venus clam
1-5 % specimens
Periglypta puerpera Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
1-5 % specimens
Amiantis sp. Carpenter 1863 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
1-5 % specimens
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
Trapezium sp. Mühlfeld 1811 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam