Moilili Sand Quarry, Honolulu, Oahu: Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Hawaii
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Periglypta reticulata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea helvola
Linnaeus 1758
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Cypraea caputserpentis
Linnaeus 1758
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| listed as C. captoserpentis | ||||||||||
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Cypraea granulata
Pease 1862
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus maculatus
Jay 1839
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Coralliophila violacea
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Marmorostoma intercostalium
(Menke 1829)
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Nacellidae
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Cellana exarata
(Nuttall 1839)
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Cellana melanostoma
Pilsbry 1891
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Hawaii |
| Coordinates: | 21.3° North, 157.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.3° North, 157.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian - Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.774 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 134 to 113 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Waimanalo | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: age from coral samples 134-113 ka | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: limestones and conglomerates | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: reef and near-reef deposits | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3255 | ||
| Database number: | 89304 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 22975 | ||
| Created: | 2009-05-15 04:43:56 | Last modified: | 2010-03-22 05:23:22 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-05-15 04:43:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29953. | S. Kosuge. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(4):783-794 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |