Also known as Reef 3970
Where: Hawaii (21.6° N, 158.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° N, 158.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waimanalo Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 127-115 ka, last interglacial
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. R. Muhs, K. R. Simmons, and B. Steinke. 2002. Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America. Quaternary Science Reviews 21:1355-1383 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89292: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus Weigmann 1837 mussel | |
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Semele tita clam | |
Scutarcopagia scobinata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pusia consanguinea" = Vexillum (Pusia)
"Pusia consanguinea" = Vexillum (Pusia) ribbed mitre | |
Conus abbreviatus cone shell
Conus praelatus cone shell
Conus tulipa Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus ebraeus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus chaldaeus Röding 1798 cone shell
Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810 cone shell | |
Peristernia chlorostoma snail | |
Casmaria cernica snail | |
"Cypraea teres" = Talostolida teres, "Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea maculifera" = Mauritia maculifera, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata
"Cypraea teres" = Talostolida teres Gmelin 1791 cowry
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea maculifera" = Mauritia maculifera Schilder 1932 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry listed as C. captoserpentis
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata Pease 1862 cowry | |
Cellana exarata Nuttall 1839 limpet | |
Drupa morum snail |