Black Point, Oahu (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3255

Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 157.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° 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

• reef and near-reef deposits
• limestones and conglomerates

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 89303: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra mitra" = Mitra (Mitra) mitra
"Mitra mitra" = Mitra (Mitra) mitra Linnaeaus 1758 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus leopardus" = Conus vexillum Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Conus rattus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell
Conus catus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Lambis chiragra" = Harpago chiragra
"Lambis chiragra" = Harpago chiragra Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea maculifera" = Mauritia maculifera, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata
"Cypraea maculifera" = Mauritia maculifera Schilder 1932 cowry
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
listed as C. captoserpentis
"Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata Pease 1862 cowry
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus Weigmann 1837 mussel
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita Reeve 1845 cockle