Wailupe Quarries, Oahu: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Hawaii

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Barbatia tenella Reeve 1843
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Marmorostoma intercostalium (Menke 1829)
recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sandwichensis Souleyet 1852
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Drupa morum
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus mutabilis Swainson 1821
recombined as Canarium mutabile
subsp. ostergaardi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra astricta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pisania ignea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus nanus
Conus tulipa Linnaeus 1758
Conus rattus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792
Conus nussatella Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Tonna perdix
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Monoplex pilearis
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Pustularia cicercula
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Luria isabella
Cypraea tessellata Swainson 1822
recombined as Luria tessellata
Cypraea erosa Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Naria erosa
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis
listed as C. captoserpentis
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Cheilea dillwyni
Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae
Cellana exarata (Nuttall 1839)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Abarbatia) hendersoni
Acar plicata (Dillwyn 1817)
[entered as Acar plicatum]
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer vaughani Dall et al. 1938
synonym of Septifer (Septifer) excisus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Scutarcopagia scobinata (Linnaeus 1758)
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]