Lanai, terrace 5-7 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Hawaii (20.7° N, 157.0° W: paleocoordinates 20.7° N, 157.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Mid-Pleistocene-Transition terraces

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• coral reef facies, bioclastic facies

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. D. E. Faichney, J. M. Webster, D. A. Clague, J. C. Braga, W. Renema and D. C. Potts. 2011. The impact of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition on the composition of submerged reefs of the Maui Nui Complex, Hawaii. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 299:493-506 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 105528: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Planorbinella sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites compressa
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites compressa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris sp., ? Leptoseris hawaiiensis
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
? Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan 1907 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungiidae indet., Cycloseris sp.
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
Cycloseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea sp., Cyphastrea ocellina
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea ocellina Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp.
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Heterostegina sp.
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotaliidae indet.
Rotaliidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
cf. Calcarina sp.
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Gypsina sp.
Gypsina sp. Carter 1877
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp.
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Amphisorus sp.
Amphisorus sp. Ehrenberg 1839
Amphisorus sp./ Sorites sp.
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp., Lithothamnion prolifer, Lithothamnion pulchrum, Lithothamnion muelleri, Mesophyllum sp., Lithoporella sp., Hydrolithon sp., Hydrolithon munitum, Hydrolithon onkodes, Lithophyllum sp., Lithophyllum acrocamptum, Lithophyllum insipidum, "Lithophyllum prototypum" = Titanoderma prototypum, "Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum, Neogoniolithon sp., Neogoniolithon fosliei, Spongites sp., Sporolithon sp., Sporolithon episoredion, Sporolithon ptychoides
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Lithothamnion muelleri Rosanoff 1866
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Hydrolithon sp. Foslie 1909
Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
"Lithophyllum prototypum" = Titanoderma prototypum Foslie 1897
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich 1897
 Peyssonneliales - Rhodymeniophycidae
Peyssonnelia sp.
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841