Kahuku Point, Oahu: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Hawaii

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Marmorostoma intercostalium (Menke 1829)
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Drupa albolabris
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Semivertagus nesioticus
Kosuge 1969
spelled with current rank as Clava (Semivertagus)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus mutabilis Swainson 1821
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Canarium mutabile
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra chrysalis
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa francolinus
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus nanus
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus 1758)
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Monoplex pilearis
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Pustularia cicercula
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Luria isabella
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis
listed as C. captoserpentis
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
Cypraea granulata Pease 1862
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Nucleolaria granulata
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Zebina affinis
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Antisabia foliacea (Quoy and Gaimard 1834)
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae
Cellana exarata (Nuttall 1839)
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita picea
Kosuge 1969
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon marspiallis
Kosuge 1969
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer vaughani Dall et al. 1938
Kosuge 1969
synonym of Septifer (Septifer) excisus
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Ctena bella (Conrad 1837)
Kosuge 1969
original and current combination Lucina bella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama iostoma Conrad 1837
Kosuge 1969
synonym of Chama limbula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus 1758)
Kosuge 1969
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Hawaii
Coordinates: 21.7° North, 158.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.7° North, 158.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:121 to 113 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waimanalo
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 121-113 ka, last interglacial
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: limestones and conglomerates
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Glacial or sequence phase:interglacial
Geology comments: reef and near-reef deposits
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3969
Database number:89290
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:22975
Created:2009-05-14 06:41:22 Last modified:2010-03-22 04:49:32
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-05-14 06:41:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29907. D. R. Muhs, K. R. Simmons, and B. Steinke. 2002. Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America. Quaternary Science Reviews 21:1355-1383 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

29953 S. Kosuge. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(4):783-794 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]