Nyali Creek, Site 21, Horizon C: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Merulina sp.
Ehrenberg 1834
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Cyphastrea micropthalma
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3 specimens | ||||||
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= Cyphastrea microphthalma
Lamarck 1816
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Kiessling et al. 2011 | ||||||
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Goniastrea pectinata
(Ehrenberg 1834)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Favia informal sp. gp. 1
Oken 1815
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites informal sp. gp. 2
Link 1807
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.0° South, 39.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.0° South, 39.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 120 ± 4 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | framestone | ||
| Lithology description: small to medium-sized coral patches in a rubbly back-reef area | |||
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial | ||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: 2.5m hoizontal x 1.5m vertical spatial scale of plot. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3352 | ||
| Database number: | 63152 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-08 17:31:04 | Last modified: | 2012-04-27 05:44:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-08 17:31:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18189. | J. A. Crame. 1981. Ecological stratification in the Pleistocene coral reefs of the Kenya coast. Palaeontology 24(3):609-646 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 41322 | G. Accordi, M. Brilli, F. Carbone and M. Voltaggio. 2010. The raised coral reef complex of the Kenyan coast: Tridacna gigas U-series dates and geological implications. Journal of African Earth Sciences 58:97-114 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
| 35169 | W. Kiessling, C. Simpson, B. Beck and J. Pandolfi. 2011. Taxonomic vetting of Pleistocene coral occurrence data. [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |