Barbers Point, Oahu: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Hawaii
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
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Strigiformes indet.
Wagler 1830
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Olson and James 1982 | |||||||||
| extinct owl | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Grallistrix orion n. sp.
Olson and James 1991
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Olson and James 1991 | 36 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Rallidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Olson and James 1982 | |||||||||
| flightless rail | ||||||||||
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Porzana ziegleri n. sp.
Olson and James 1991
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Olson and James 1991 | 38 specimens | ||||||||
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Porzana ralphorum n. sp.
Olson and James 1991
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Olson and James 1991 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Thambetochen sp.
Olson and Wetmore 1976
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Olson and James 1982 | |||||||||
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Thambetochen xanion n. sp.
Olson and James 1991
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Olson and James 1991 | 15 specimens | ||||||||
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Branta aff. hylobadistes
Olson and James 1991
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Olson and James 1991 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Mohoidae
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Chaetoptila sp.
Sclater 1871
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Olson and James 1982 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Turdidae
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Phaeornis obscurus
(Gmelin 1789)
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Olson and James 1982 | |||||||||
| recombined as Myadestes obscurus | ||||||||||
| subspecies oahuensis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pterodroma jugabilis n. sp.
Olson and James 1991
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Olson and James 1991 | 23 specimens | ||||||||
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Pterodroma phaeopygia
(Slavin 1876)
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Olson and James 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Lasiurus cinereus
(Palisot de Beauvois 1796)
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Ziegler et al. 2016 | |||||||||
| subsp. semotus | ||||||||||
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Synemporion keana
Ziegler et al. 2016
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Ziegler et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Marmorostoma intercostalium
(Menke 1829)
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| recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Clypeomorus obeliscus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus tulipa
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus mutabilis
Swainson 1821
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| recombined as Canarium mutabile | ||||||||||
| subsp. ostergaardi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium orbita
Reeve 1845
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| recombined as Vasticardium orbita | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca ventricosa
Lamarck 1819
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| recombined as Lamarcka ventricosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pinctada margaritifera
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea kamehameha
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Ostrea thaanumi
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Ostrea retusa
Sowerby 1871
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys hawaiensis
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Chlamys cookei
(Kellum 1926)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Hawaii |
| Coordinates: | 21.3° North, 158.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.3° North, 158.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 119 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Waimanalo | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ~119 ka (coral sample at Kahe Point), last interglacial | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: limestones and conglomerates | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
| 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: | 89311 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, B. Allen, M. Uhen | Enterer: | U. Merkel, B. Allen, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 22975 | ||
| Created: | 2009-05-15 07:24:49 | Last modified: | 2010-03-22 05:10:32 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-05-15 07:24:49 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 36280 | S. L. Olson and H. F. James. 1982. Prodromus of the fossil avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 365:1-59 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 57999 | S. L. Olson and H. F. James. 1991. Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 45:1-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 85662 | A. C. Ziegler, F. G. Howarth, and N. B. Simmons. 2016. A second endemic land mammal for the Hawaiian Islands: A new genus and species of fossil bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). American Museum Novitates 2016(3854):1-52 [B. Allen/B. Allen] |