Kahe Point, Oahu: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Hawaii

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Barbatia tenella Reeve 1843
Kosuge 1969
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Marmorostoma intercostalium (Menke 1829)
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sandwichensis Souleyet 1852
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Drupa morum
Kosuge 1969
Drupa rubusidaeus
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Stilifer speciosa
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Clypeomorus obeliscus
Kosuge 1969
Clypeomorus graniferum
Kosuge 1969
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822
Kosuge 1969
Semivertagus atromarginatum
Kosuge 1969
spelled with current rank as Clava (Semivertagus)
Semivertagus nesioticus
Kosuge 1969
spelled with current rank as Clava (Semivertagus)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus mutabilis Swainson 1821
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Canarium mutabile
Strombus erythrinus
Kosuge 1969
Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus 1758)
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Harpago chiragra
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Peristernia chlorostoma
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus abbreviatus
Kosuge 1969
Conus plicarius
Kosuge 1969
Conus praelatus
Kosuge 1969
Conus sponsalis
Kosuge 1969
Conus tulipa Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
Conus imperialis Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810
Kosuge 1969
Conus leopardus Dillwyn 1817
Kosuge 1969
synonym of Conus vexillum
Conus vitulinus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792
Kosuge 1969
synonym of Conus planorbis
Conus ebraeus Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
Conus nussatella Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra crenulata
Kosuge 1969
Terebra peasei
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Pusia consanguinea
Kosuge 1969
original and current combination Vexillum (Pusia)
Pusia nodosa
Kosuge 1969
original and current combination Vexillum (Pusia)
Pusia semifasciata
Kosuge 1969
original and current combination Vexillum (Pusia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Coralliobia fimbriatus
Kosuge 1969
Coralliophila violacea
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus 1758)
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Monoplex pilearis
Charonia triton
Kosuge 1969
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Pustularia cicercula
Cypraea carneola Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Lyncina carneola
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Luria isabella
Cypraea erosa Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Naria erosa
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis
listed as C. captoserpentis
Cypraea labrolineata (Gaskoin 1849)
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Erosaria labrolineata
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
Cypraea granulata Pease 1862
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Nucleolaria granulata
Cypraea maculifera Schilder 1932
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Mauritia maculifera
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Antisabia foliacea (Quoy and Gaimard 1834)
Kosuge 1969
Pilosabia pilosa
Kosuge 1969
spelled with current rank as Hipponix (Pilosabia)
Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae
Cellana argentata
Kosuge 1969
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca ventricosa Lamarck 1819
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Lamarcka ventricosa
Acar plicata (Dillwyn 1817)
Kosuge 1969
[entered as Acar plicatum]
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys stearnsi (Dall 1878)
Kosuge 1969
recombined as Leopecten stearnsii
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus mimus Olsson 1931
Kosuge 1969
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon marspiallis
Kosuge 1969
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sandvichensis
Kosuge 1969
Ostrea thaanumi
Kosuge 1969
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes crebristriatus
Kosuge 1969
Lithophaga hawaia
Kosuge 1969
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Ctena bella (Conrad 1837)
Kosuge 1969
original and current combination Lucina bella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Trapezium californicus (Conrad 1837)
Kosuge 1969
synonym of Chama oblongum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus 1758)
Kosuge 1969
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Scutarcopagia scobinata (Linnaeus 1758)
Kosuge 1969
Quidnipagus palatum
Kosuge 1969
listed as Quidonipagus palatum
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Hawaii
Coordinates: 21.3° North, 158.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 158.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:119 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waimanalo
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: ~119 ka, 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:89289
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:22975
Created:2009-05-14 01:25:34 Last modified:2010-03-22 04:47:57
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-05-14 01:25:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29907. D. R. Muhs, K. R. Simmons, and B. Steinke. 2002. Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America. Quaternary Science Reviews 21:1355-1383 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

29953 S. Kosuge. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(4):783-794 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]