Off Oahu, Pliocene, Hawaii (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3161

Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 157.9° W: paleocoordinates 20.1° N, 155.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Originally assigned to Miocene but Pliocene confirmed by radiometric data

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified reef rocks

• Dredge with corals

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Only corals described

Primary reference: R.W. Grigg. 1988. Paleoceanography of coral reefs in the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain. Science 240:1737-1743 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22974: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora molekensis
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp.
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobata
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp. n. sp.
Fungia sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona sp. n. sp., Pavona sp.
Pavona sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
n.sp. A
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
n.sp. B
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp. n. sp., Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. n. sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
n.sp. A
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
n.sp. B