Also known as Reef 3255
Where: Hawaii (21.4° N, 158.2° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 158.2° 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
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 89403: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Chlamys cookei Kellum 1926 scallop | |
"Tellina dispar" = Scissulina dispar
"Tellina dispar" = Scissulina dispar Conrad 1837 tellin clam | |
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus Jay 1839 true conch | |
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822 cerith snail | |
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail |