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
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 | |
"Conotalopia marmorata" = Calliotrochus marmoreus
"Conotalopia marmorata" = Calliotrochus marmoreus Pease 1861 top snail | |
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus Jay 1839 true conch |