Kaena Point, Oahu: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Hawaii
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Pocillopora sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Pavona sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Nacellidae
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Cellana exarata
(Nuttall 1839)
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Peristernia chlorostoma
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Pusia consanguinea
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Vexillum (Pusia) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus abbreviatus
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Conus praelatus
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Conus tulipa
Linnaeus 1758
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Conus flavidus
Lamarck 1810
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Conus ebraeus
Linnaeus 1758
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Conus chaldaeus
(Röding 1798)
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea helvola
Linnaeus 1758
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola | ||||||||||
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Cypraea caputserpentis
Linnaeus 1758
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis | ||||||||||
| listed as C. captoserpentis | ||||||||||
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Cypraea granulata
Pease 1862
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucleolaria granulata | ||||||||||
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Cypraea maculifera
Schilder 1932
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mauritia maculifera | ||||||||||
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Cypraea teres
Gmelin 1791
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Talostolida teres | ||||||||||
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Cypraea isabella
Linnaeus 1758
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Luria isabella | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Casmaria cernica
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Thaididae
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Drupa morum
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele tita
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Scutarcopagia scobinata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Septifer vaughani
Dall et al. 1938
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
| synonym of Septifer (Septifer) excisus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca ventricosa
Lamarck 1819
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Kosuge 1969 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lamarcka ventricosa | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Hawaii |
| Coordinates: | 21.6° North, 158.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.6° North, 158.3° 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: | 127 to 115 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Waimanalo | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 127-115 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 3970 | ||
| Database number: | 89292 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 22975 | ||
| Created: | 2009-05-14 07:06:14 | Last modified: | 2010-03-22 04:50:54 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-05-14 07:06:14 |
| 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] |