Oahu, Pleistocene, Hawaii (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3255

Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 157.8° W: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 157.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

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

• Elevated terrace with reef corals

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

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 22975: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.07.2002, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia -
Gardineroseris planulata
Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora sp.
Psammocora sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobata, Porites compressa
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites compressa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona duerdeni
Pavona duerdeni Vaughan 1907 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
"Fungia scutaria" = Lobactis scutaria
"Fungia scutaria" = Lobactis scutaria Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora ligulata, "Pocillopora meandrina" = Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora damicornis
Pocillopora ligulata Dana 1846 stony coral
"Pocillopora meandrina" = Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Montipora patula" = Montipora hispida, Acropora sp.
"Montipora patula" = Montipora hispida Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea purpurea
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea ocellina
Cyphastrea ocellina Dana 1846 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Heterocentrotus mammillatus
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo sandwicensis
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
"Porolithon (Hydrolithon) onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes, Porolithon (Hydrolithon) gardineri
"Porolithon (Hydrolithon) onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897