ammonites
Diani Quarry, Site 30, Face D, Horizon B (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (4.3° S, 39.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 39.6° 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 Msambweni quarry (14 m a.s.l.) of 120±4 ka (group A) and from Diani Beach (2 m a.s.l.) of 100±4 ka (group C)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone

• back-reef small composite coral patches and scattered coral colonies (Porites-faviid assemblage) in a Halimeda-rich calcarenite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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 63183: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 08.08.2006