diff --git a/test/src/unit-cppapi-consolidation.cc b/test/src/unit-cppapi-consolidation.cc
index 1d977d9292f9..66bdc3192af5 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-cppapi-consolidation.cc
+++ b/test/src/unit-cppapi-consolidation.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ void create_array(const std::string& array_name) {
   Array::create(array_name, schema);
 }
 
+void create_array_2d(const std::string& array_name) {
+  Context ctx;
+  Domain domain(ctx);
+  auto d1 = Dimension::create<int>(ctx, "d1", {{1, 10}}, 2);
+  auto d2 = Dimension::create<int>(ctx, "d2", {{1, 10}}, 2);
+  domain.add_dimensions(d1);
+  domain.add_dimensions(d2);
+  auto a = Attribute::create<int>(ctx, "a");
+  ArraySchema schema(ctx, TILEDB_DENSE);
+  schema.set_domain(domain);
+  schema.add_attributes(a);
+  Array::create(array_name, schema);
+}
+
 void write_array(
     const std::string& array_name,
     const std::vector<int>& subarray,
@@ -255,21 +269,24 @@ TEST_CASE(
   std::string array_name = "cppapi_consolidation";
   remove_array(array_name);
 
-  create_array(array_name);
-  write_array(array_name, {1, 2}, {1, 2});
-  write_array(array_name, {3, 3}, {3});
-  CHECK(tiledb::test::num_fragments(array_name) == 2);
+  create_array_2d(array_name);
+  // order matters
+  write_array(array_name, {1, 3, 7, 9}, {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9});
+  write_array(array_name, {2, 4, 2, 3}, {10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15});
+  write_array(array_name, {3, 5, 4, 5}, {16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21});
+  write_array(array_name, {7, 9, 6, 8}, {22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30});
+  // write_array(array_name, {7, 8, 3, 4}, {25, 26, 27, 28}); //this is ok
 
-  read_array(array_name, {1, 3}, {1, 2, 3});
+  CHECK(tiledb::test::num_fragments(array_name) == 4);
 
   Context ctx;
   Config config;
-  config.set("sm.consolidation.buffer_size", "1000");
+  // config.set("sm.consolidation.buffer_size", "1000");
 
   FragmentInfo fragment_info(ctx, array_name);
   fragment_info.load();
-  std::string fragment_name1 = fragment_info.fragment_uri(0);
-  std::string fragment_name2 = fragment_info.fragment_uri(1);
+  std::string fragment_name1 = fragment_info.fragment_uri(1);
+  std::string fragment_name2 = fragment_info.fragment_uri(3);
   std::string short_fragment_name1 =
       fragment_name1.substr(fragment_name1.find_last_of('/') + 1);
   std::string short_fragment_name2 =
@@ -278,11 +295,11 @@ TEST_CASE(
   const char* fragment_uris[2] = {
       short_fragment_name1.c_str(), short_fragment_name2.c_str()};
 
-  REQUIRE_NOTHROW(
+  REQUIRE_THROWS(
       Array::consolidate(ctx, array_name, fragment_uris, 2, &config));
-  CHECK(tiledb::test::num_fragments(array_name) == 3);
+  // CHECK(tiledb::test::num_fragments(array_name) == 3);
 
-  read_array(array_name, {1, 3}, {1, 2, 3});
+  // read_array(array_name, {1, 3}, {1, 2, 3});
 
   remove_array(array_name);
 }
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.cc b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.cc
index d46fc0854ee9..a9a8cfab38c7 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.cc
@@ -407,13 +407,48 @@ Status FragmentConsolidator::consolidate_fragments(
         std::to_string(fragment_uris.size()) + " required fragments.");
   }
 
-  // In case we have a dense Array check that the fragments can be consolidated without data loss
+  // Get timestamp bounds for the fragments we want to consolidate
+  uint64_t min_timestamp = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max();
+  uint64_t max_timestamp = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::min();
+
+  // Iterate over the vector
+  for (const auto& item : to_consolidate) {
+    const auto& range = item.timestamp_range();
+
+    // Update min and max values
+    min_timestamp = std::min(min_timestamp, range.first);
+    max_timestamp = std::max(max_timestamp, range.second);
+  }
+
+  // Output the results
+  std::cout << "Minimum timestamp: " << min_timestamp << "\n";
+  std::cout << "Maximum timestamp: " << max_timestamp << "\n";
+
+  // In case we have a dense Array check that the fragments can be consolidated
+  // without data loss
   if (array_for_reads->array_schema_latest().array_type() == ArrayType::DENSE) {
-    // pseudocode
-  // search every other fragment in this array
-    // if any of them overlaps in ranges AND its timestamp range falls between the range of the fragments to consolidate
-    // throw descriptive error
-  } 
+    // Search every other fragment in this array if any of them overlaps in
+    // ranges and its timestamp range falls between the range of the fragments
+    // to consolidate throw error
+    for (auto& frag_info : frag_info_vec) {
+      // Ignore the fragments that are requested to be consolidated
+      auto uri = frag_info.uri().last_path_part();
+      if (to_consolidate_set.count(uri) != 0) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // Check domain and timestamp overlap
+      if (domain.overlap(
+              union_non_empty_domains, frag_info.non_empty_domain())) {
+        auto timestamp_range{frag_info.timestamp_range()};
+        bool timestamp_before = !(timestamp_range.first > max_timestamp);
+        if (timestamp_before) {
+          throw FragmentConsolidatorException(
+              "Cannot consolidate; Invalid fragments");
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
   FragmentConsolidationWorkspace cw(consolidator_memory_tracker_);
 
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.h b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.h
index 60b65edae2ce..6208a7ab903b 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array/array.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/consolidator/consolidator.h"
-#include "tiledb/sm/misc/types.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/enums/array_type.h"
+#include "tiledb/sm/misc/types.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/storage_manager/context_resources.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/storage_manager/storage_manager_declaration.h"