Wailupe Quarries, Oahu: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Hawaii
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Barbatia tenella
Reeve 1843
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Marmorostoma intercostalium
(Menke 1829)
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recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus sandwichensis
Souleyet 1852
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Gastropoda
- Thaididae
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Drupa morum
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus mutabilis
Swainson 1821
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recombined as Canarium mutabile | ||||||||||
subsp. ostergaardi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra astricta
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pisania ignea
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus nanus
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Conus tulipa
Linnaeus 1758
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Conus rattus
Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792
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Conus nussatella
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Tonna perdix
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium pileare
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Monoplex pilearis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea cicercula
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Pustularia cicercula | ||||||||||
Cypraea isabella
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Luria isabella | ||||||||||
Cypraea tessellata
Swainson 1822
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recombined as Luria tessellata | ||||||||||
Cypraea erosa
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Naria erosa | ||||||||||
Cypraea caputserpentis
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis | ||||||||||
listed as C. captoserpentis | ||||||||||
Cypraea helvola
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Cheilea dillwyni
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Nacellidae
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Cellana exarata
(Nuttall 1839)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Abarbatia) hendersoni
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Acar plicata
(Dillwyn 1817)
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[entered as Acar plicatum] | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Septifer vaughani
Dall et al. 1938
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synonym of Septifer (Septifer) excisus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Periglypta reticulata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Scutarcopagia scobinata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Hawaii |
Coordinates: | 21.3° North, 157.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 21.3° North, 157.8° 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: | Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.78100 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 134 to 113 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Waimanalo | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: age from coral samples 134-113 ka |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Lithology description: limestones and conglomerates | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
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 3255 | ||
Database number: | 89302 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Subset of collection #: | 22975 | ||
Created: | 2009-05-15 03:01:28 | Last modified: | 2010-03-22 05:24:56 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-05-15 03:01:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29953. | S. Kosuge. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(4):783-794 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |