Barbers Point, Oahu (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3255

Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 158.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 158.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• ~119 ka (coral sample at Kahe Point), last interglacial

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reef and near-reef deposits
• limestones and conglomerates

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 89311: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2009, edited by Mark Uhen and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile
"Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile Swainson 1821 true conch
subsp. ostergaardi
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus tulipa Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys cookei Kellum 1926 scallop
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pinctada margaritifera Linnaeus 1758 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea retusa Sowerby 1871 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita Reeve 1845 cockle
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Synemporion keana3 Ziegler et al. 2016 vesper bat
Lasiurus cinereus3 Palisot de Beauvois 1796 hairy-tailed bat
subsp. semotus
Aves
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
"Phaeornis obscurus" = Myadestes obscurus1
"Phaeornis obscurus" = Myadestes obscurus1 Gmelin 1789 omao
subspecies oahuensis
 Passeriformes - Mohoidae
Chaetoptila sp.1 Sclater 1871 perching bird
 Neornithes -
Strigiformes indet.1 Wagler 1830 owl
extinct owl
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Grallistrix orion n. sp.2 Olson and James 1991 true owl
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallidae indet.1 Vigors 1825 rail
flightless rail
Porzana ralphorum n. sp.2 Olson and James 1991 rail
Porzana ziegleri n. sp.2 Olson and James 1991 rail
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Thambetochen sp.1 Olson and Wetmore 1976 waterfowl
Thambetochen xanion n. sp.2 Olson and James 1991 waterfowl
Branta aff. hylobadistes2 Olson and James 1991 goose
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Pterodroma phaeopygia1 Slavin 1876 Galapagos petrel
Pterodroma jugabilis n. sp.2 Olson and James 1991 Oahu petrel