Lanai, terrace 8-13 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Hawaii (20.8° N, 157.1° W: paleocoordinates 20.0° N, 155.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• pre-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 105531: 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., Leptastrea purpurea
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
? Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites ? compressa
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites ? compressa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona sp., ? Pavona sp., Pavona varians, Leptoseris hawaiiensis
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
? Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Pavona varians Verrill 1864 stony coral
Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan 1907 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp.
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp.
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., ? Acropora sp., Acropora ? cerealis, Montipora sp., ? Montipora sp., "Montipora patula" = Montipora hispida
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
? Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ? cerealis Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
? Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Montipora patula" = Montipora hispida Dana 1846 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., Mesophyllum sp., Lithoporella sp., Hydrolithon munitum, Hydrolithon onkodes, Lithophyllum sp., Lithophyllum acrocamptum, Lithophyllum insipidum, "Lithophyllum prototypum" = Titanoderma prototypum, "Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum, Spongites sp.
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
"Lithophyllum prototypum" = Titanoderma prototypum Foslie 1897
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
 Peyssonneliales - Rhodymeniophycidae
Peyssonnelia sp.
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841