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