Also known as Reef 3255
Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 157.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 157.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waimanalo Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• age from coral samples 134-113 ka
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Kosuge. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(4):783-794 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89300: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Pisania ignea true whelk | |
Mitra ambigua mitre shell | |
Conus abbreviatus cone shell
"Conus auratus" = Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus rattus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell | |
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula, "Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea tessellata" = Luria tessellata, "Cypraea vitellus" = Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea tessellata" = Luria tessellata Swainson 1822 cowry
"Cypraea vitellus" = Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry listed as C. captoserpentis
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Pilosabia pilosa" = Hipponix (Pilosabia)
"Pilosabia pilosa" = Hipponix (Pilosabia) hoof shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus Weigmann 1837 mussel |