Also known as Reef 3353

Where: Kenya (3.3° S, 40.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 40.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Tridacna gigas U-Series open system age from nearby Watamu (5 m a.s.l.) and Ras Ngomeni (3 m a.s.l.) of 118±7 ka (group B)

• 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 81078: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 03.06.2008

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