Waianae Quarry, Oahu (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3255

Where: Hawaii (21.4° N, 158.2° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 158.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waimanalo Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• ~119 ka (coral sample at Kahe Point), last interglacial

• 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 89403: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus Jay 1839 true conch
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina dispar" = Scissulina dispar
"Tellina dispar" = Scissulina dispar Conrad 1837 tellin clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys cookei Kellum 1926 scallop