Site 7, 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

• shallow open water Acropora-dominated assemblages

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 81072: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 03.06.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Leptothyra filifera" = Collonista, "Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus, "Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
"Leptothyra filifera" = Collonista snail
1-5 % specimens
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
5-10 % specimens
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus maculatus
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
1-5 % specimens
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sponsalis, Conus lividus, Conus cf. ebraeus, Conus catus, "Conus litteratus" = Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus, "Conus leopardus" = Conus vexillum
Conus sponsalis cone shell
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792 cone shell
Conus cf. ebraeus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus catus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
"Conus litteratus" = Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus leopardus" = Conus vexillum Gmelin 1791 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
1-5 % specimens
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis radula
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail
1-5 % specimens
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp.
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna sp., Trachycardium sp.
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
1-5 % specimens
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga teres
Lithophaga teres mussel
1-5 % specimens
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
5-10 % specimens
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa sp.
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alectryonella sp., Ostrea sp.
Alectryonella sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima squamosa
Lima squamosa file clam
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula imbricata
Plicatula imbricata scallop
1-5 % specimens
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Semipecten radula" = Decatopecten radula, "Cryptopecten pallium" = Gloripallium pallium, Semipallium radula, Spondylus sp.
"Semipecten radula" = Decatopecten radula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
1-5 % specimens
"Cryptopecten pallium" = Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
1-5 % specimens