List of the prehistoric life of Hawaii
Appearance
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
[edit]Since 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
[edit]This 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
- †Apteribis
- Arca
- Astrea
- †Astrea curta – or unidentified comparable form
B
[edit]- Barbatia
- Bostrycapulus
- Brachidontes
- Branta
- †Branta hylobadistes – or unidentified related form
- Bulla
- Bursa
C
[edit]- Calcarina – or unidentified comparable form
- Calliotrochus
- †Canarium
- Cancilla
- Carcharodon
- Casmaria
- Cellana
- Cerithiopsis
- Cerithium
- †Chaetoptila
- Chama
- Charonia
- Cheilea
- Chlamys
- Circus
- †Circus dossenus – type locality for species
- †Ciridops
- Clava
- Clypeomorus
- Codakia
- Columbella
- Conus
- †Conus abbreviatus
- †Conus aulicus
- †Conus catus
- †Conus chaldaeus
- †Conus ebraeus
- †Conus flavidus
- †Conus geographus
- †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
- Cypraea
D
[edit]E
[edit]F
[edit]- Favia
- Favites
- †Favites chinensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Flabellipecten
- Fungia
- Fusinus
G
[edit]- †Galaxea
- †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
[edit]- Haliaeetus
- †Halimeda
- Haminoea
- Harpa
- †Harpa amouretta
- †Harpa armouret – or unidentified comparable form
- Hastula
- Heliacus
- Heterocentrotus
- Heterostegina
- Hipponix
- Hydrolithon
I
[edit]L
[edit]- Lamna
- Leptastrea
- Leptoseris
- Linatella
- †Linatella succinta – or unidentified comparable form
- Liocerithium
- †Litharium
- Lithophaga
- Lithophyllum
- †Lithoporella
- Lithothamnion
- Littoraria
- Luria
- Lyncina
M
[edit]- Mauritia
- Mesophyllum
- †Micromelo
- †Miripecten
- †Miripecten amaliae – or unidentified comparable form
- Mitra
- Monoplex
- Montipora
- Morula
- †Morulina
N
[edit]O
[edit]P
[edit]- Pavona
- Peneroplis
- Periglypta
- Peristernia
- Peyssonnelia
- †Phaeornis
- Pinctada
- Pisania
- †Planorbinella
- Platygyra
- Plesiotrochus
- Pocillopora
- Polinices
- Porites
- †Porolithon
- Porzana
- †Porzana ralphorum – type locality for species
- †Porzana ziegleri – type locality for species
- Proterato
- Psammocora
- Pterodroma
- †Pterodroma hypoleuca
- †Pterodroma jugabilis – type locality for species
- †Pterodroma phaeopygia
- Purpura
- †Purpuradusta
- Pustularia
- Pyrene
Q
[edit]R
[edit]S
[edit]- †Scutarcopagia
- Semele
- Septifer
- Seriatopora
- †Seriatopora hystrix – or unidentified comparable form
- Spondylus
- †Spongites
- †Sporolithon
- Staphylaea
- Stilifer
- Strombus
- Stylophora
T
[edit]- Talostolida
- Talparia
- Tellina
- Terebra
- †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
- †Thambetochen chauliodous
- †Thambetochen xanion – type locality for species
- †Titanoderma
- Tonna
- Trapezium
- †Tridentarius
- Triphora
- †Tritonoturris
- Trivirostra
- Trochus
- Turbo
- †Turridrupa
- Turris
- Tutufa
V
[edit]X
[edit]- Xenoturris
- †Xenoturris gemmuloides – or unidentified comparable form
Z
[edit]References
[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.