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

Where: Hawaii (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

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Taxonomic list

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