Laie, Oahu (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3969

Where: Hawaii (21.7° N, 157.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° N, 157.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• coral samples from Kaena Point and Kahuku Point: 127-113 ka, 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 89405: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Conotalopia marmorata" = Calliotrochus marmoreus
"Conotalopia marmorata" = Calliotrochus marmoreus Pease 1861 top snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus Jay 1839 true conch