Also known as Reef 3971

Where: Hawaii (21.5° N, 157.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 157.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waimanalo Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• age of 134-119 ka at Alala Point (S of Mokapu) and 121-113 ka at Kahuku Point (N of Mokapu)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89294: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.05.2009