Nanakuli Quarry, Oahu: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Hawaii

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Barbatia tenella Reeve 1843
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Ctena bella (Conrad 1837)
original and current combination Lucina bella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama iostoma Conrad 1837
synonym of Chama limbula
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca ventricosa Lamarck 1819
recombined as Lamarcka ventricosa
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer vaughani Dall et al. 1938
synonym of Septifer (Septifer) excisus
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Marmorostoma intercostalium (Menke 1829)
recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sandwichensis Souleyet 1852
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Drupa albolabris
Drupa morum
Drupa rubusidaeus
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Pilosabia pilosa
spelled with current rank as Hipponix (Pilosabia)
Antisabia foliacea (Quoy and Gaimard 1834)
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littoraria pintado
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Harpago chiragra
Strombus mutabilis Swainson 1821
recombined as Canarium mutabile
subsp. ostergaardi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra crenulata
Terebra gouldi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus abbreviatus
Conus retifer
Conus rattus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Pusia consanguinea
original and current combination Vexillum (Pusia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa francolinus
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Luria isabella
Cypraea granulata Pease 1862
recombined as Nucleolaria granulata
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis
listed as C. captoserpentis
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Semivertagus nesioticus
spelled with current rank as Clava (Semivertagus)
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Aplodon tectus (Gmelin 1791)
original and current combination Trochus tectum
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Hawaii
Coordinates: 21.4° North, 158.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 158.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:119 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waimanalo
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: ~119 ka (coral sample at Kahe Point), 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 3255
Database number:89402
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:22975
Created:2009-05-18 01:29:23 Last modified:2010-03-22 05:07:56
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-05-18 01:29:23
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]