Also known as Reef 3255
Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 157.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 157.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waimanalo Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• age from coral samples 134-113 ka
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Kosuge. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(4):783-794 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89305: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga hawaia mussel | |
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry |