Nyali Quarry, Site 26, Patch F, Horizon C (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as Reef 3352

Where: Kenya (4.0° S, 39.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 39.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 2.5 x 1.5 meters (size of Patch)

Primary reference: J. A. Crame. 1981. Ecological stratification in the Pleistocene coral reefs of the Kenya coast. Palaeontology 24(3):609-646 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63170: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 08.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora "sp. gp. 8", Alveopora sp., Astreopora sp., Montipora sp.
Acropora "sp. gp. 8" Oken 1815 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
4 + 1 cf.
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. gp. 2"
Porites "sp. gp. 2" Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia sp.
Echinophyllia sp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophora sp., Goniastrea pectinata, Platygyra sp.
Hydnophora sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral