Kailua Bay, Oahu (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Hawaii (21.4° N, 157.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 157.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and grainstone

• (1) early stage of catch-up framestone development in water depths of 11-17 m, (2) an intermediate stage characterized by either no accretion or by the pile-up of fore-reef-derived rubble (rudstone) and sparse bindstone, (3) final stage of catch-up bindstone accretion in depths > 6 m
• rudstone, massive coral framestone, branching coral framestone, bindstone, grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: E. E. Grossman and C. H. Fletcher. 2004. Holocene reef development where wave energy reduces accomodation space, Kailua Bay, windward Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research 74(1):49-63 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97453: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.07.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
"Porolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes
"Porolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema sp.
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Heterostegina sp.
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Marginopora sp.
Foraminifera
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis sp.
Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora eydouxi, "Pocillopora meandrina" = Pocillopora verrucosa
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
"Pocillopora meandrina" = Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora capitata, "Montipora patula" = Montipora hispida
Montipora capitata Dana 1846 stony coral
"Montipora patula" = Montipora hispida Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobata, Porites compressa
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites compressa Dana 1846 stony coral