List of the prehistoric life of Hawaii
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This list of the prehistoric life of Hawaii contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Hawaii.
Precambrian-Mesozoic
editSince the oldest of the Hawaiian islands is a little more than 5 million years old,[1] the Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian, Paleozoic, or Mesozoic fossils in Hawaii.
Cenozoic
editThis list of the Cenozoic life of Hawaii contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Hawaii and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
A
edit- Acar
- Acropora
- †Acropora cerealis – tentative report
- Acrosterigma
- Amphisorus
- Amphistegina
- †Aplodon
Restorative model of an Apteribis flightless ibis - Arca
- Astrea
- †Astrea curta – or unidentified comparable form
B
editShell of a Barbatia, or bearded ark clam - Bostrycapulus
- Brachidontes
- Branta
- †Branta hylobadistes – or unidentified related form
- Bulla
- Bursa
- †Bursa bufonia
Shell of a Bursa corrugata frog shell sea snail
C
edit- Calcarina – or unidentified comparable form
- Calliotrochus
Foliage of a living Canarium tree - Cancilla
- Carcharodon
- Casmaria
- Cellana
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
Illustration of a Chaetoptila angustipluma, or kioea - Chama
- Charonia
- Cheilea
- Chlamys
- Circus
- †Circus dossenus – type locality for species
Illustration of a CiridopsHawaiian honeycreeper - Clava
- Clypeomorus
- Codakia
- Columbella
- Conus
- †Conus abbreviatus
- †Conus aulicus
- †Conus catus
- †Conus chaldaeus
- †Conus ebraeus
- †Conus flavidus
A living Conus geographus, or the geography cone sea snail - †Conus granifer – or unidentified comparable form
- †Conus imperialis
- †Conus kahiko – type locality for species
- †Conus litoglyphus
- †Conus lividus
- †Conus moreleti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Conus nanus
- †Conus nussatella
- †Conus obscura
- †Conus planorbis
- †Conus plicarius
- †Conus praelatus
- †Conus pulicarius
- †Conus rattus
- †Conus retifer
- †Conus sponsalis
- †Conus striatus
- †Conus tulipa
- †Conus vexillum
- Coralliobia
- Coralliophila
- Corvus
- Cribrarula
- Ctena
- Cycloseris
- Cymatium
- Cyphastrea
Multiple views of a shell of a Cypraea cowrie sea snail
D
edit- Daphnella
- Dendropoma
- Diodora
Shell of a Dolicholatirus sea snail - Drupa
E
edit- Erosaria
A living Monetaria caputserpentis, or snakehead cowry - †Erosaria erosa
- †Erosaria helvola
- †Erosaria labrolineata
- †Erosaria poraria
F
edit- Favia
Living Favites stony coral - †Favites chinensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Flabellipecten
- Fungia
- Fusinus
G
editLiving Galaxea stony coral - †Galaxea haligena – or unidentified comparable form
- Gardineroseris
- Gastrochaena
- Globulina
- †Grallistrix
- †Grallistrix geleches – type locality for species
- †Grallistrix orion – type locality for species
- Gutturinium
- Gypsina
H
editA living Haliaeetus, or sea eagle - †Halimeda
- Haminoea
- Harpa
- †Harpa amouretta
- †Harpa armouret – or unidentified comparable form
- Hastula
- Heliacus
A living Heterocentrotus mamillatus, or red slate pencil urchin - Heterostegina
- Hipponix
- Hydrolithon
I
editL
editA modern Lamna mackerel shark - Leptastrea
- Leptoseris
- Linatella
- †Linatella succinta – or unidentified comparable form
- Liocerithium
- †Litharium
- Lithophaga
Lithophyllum red algae - †Lithoporella
- Lithothamnion
- Littoraria
- Luria
- Lyncina
- †Lyncina carneola
- †Lyncina leviathan
- †Lyncina schilderorum
Shell in multiple views of a Lyncina vitellus, or calf cowry
M
edit- Mauritia
Living Mesophyllum red algae - †Micromelo
- †Miripecten
- †Miripecten amaliae – or unidentified comparable form
- Mitra
- †Mitra ambigua
- †Mitra assimilis
- †Mitra astricta
- †Mitra brunnea
- †Mitra chrysalis
- †Mitra crassa
- †Mitra fulvescens
- †Mitra limbifera
- †Mitra litterata
- †Mitra lutea
- †Mitra mitra
- †Mitra pellisserpentis
Shell in multiple views of a Mitra stictica, or pontifical mitre shell sea snail - †Mitra tabanula
- Monoplex
- Montipora
- Morula
- †Morulina
N
edit- Nassa
A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail - Natica
- †Neogoniolithon
- Nerita
- Neritina
- Numenius
A living Numenius tahitiensis, or bristle-thighed curlew
O
editP
edit- Pavona
Living Pavona duerdeni, or porkchop coral - †Pavona varians
- Peneroplis
- Periglypta
- Peristernia
- Peyssonnelia
- †Phaeornis
- Pinctada
- Pisania
- †Planorbinella
- Platygyra
- Plesiotrochus
- Pocillopora
- †Pocillopora damicornis
- †Pocillopora eydouxi
- †Pocillopora ligulata
- †Pocillopora molekensis
Living Pocillopora verrucosa, or cauliflower coral
- Polinices
- Porites
- †Porolithon
- Porzana
- †Porzana ralphorum – type locality for species
- †Porzana ziegleri – type locality for species
- Proterato
- Psammocora
A living Pterodroma, or gadfly petrel - †Pterodroma hypoleuca
- †Pterodroma jugabilis – type locality for species
- †Pterodroma phaeopygia
- Purpura
- †Purpuradusta
- Pustularia
- Pyrene
Q
editR
edit- Rhinoclavis
- Rissoina
Shell in multiple views of a Rissoina ambigua sea snail - †Rissoina triticea
S
edit- †Scutarcopagia
- Semele
- Septifer
- Seriatopora
Living Seriatopora hystrix, or thin birdsnest coral
- Spondylus
- †Spongites
- †Sporolithon
- Staphylaea
- Stilifer
- Strombus
- Stylophora
- †Stylophora gemmans
Living Stylophora pistillata, or hood coral
T
edit- Talostolida
- Talparia
- Tellina
Shell of a Terebra augur sea snail - †Terebra affinis
- †Terebra babylon – or unidentified comparable form
- †Terebra cerithina
- †Terebra chlorata
- †Terebra colume – or unidentified comparable form
- †Terebra crenulata
- †Terebra felina
- †Terebra flavescens
- †Terebra funiculata
- †Terebra gouldi
- †Terebra kilburnii
- †Terebra maculata
- †Terebra nodularis
- †Terebra peasei
- †Terebra undulata
- Textularia
- †Thambetochen
Life restoration of a pair of Thambetochen chauliodous, or Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo - †Thambetochen xanion – type locality for species
- †Titanoderma
- Tonna
- Trapezium
- †Tridentarius
- Triphora
- †Tritonoturris
- Trivirostra
- Trochus
- Turbo
- †Turridrupa
- Turris
- Tutufa
V
edit- Vanikoro
Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-modern Vermetus, or worm shell sea snail - Vexillum
- Vitularia
X
edit- Xenoturris
- †Xenoturris gemmuloides – or unidentified comparable form
Z
editReferences
edit- ^ "Evolution of Hawaiian Volcanoes". USGS Site. USGS. September 8, 1995. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.