List of the prehistoric life of Hawaii

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

The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian, Paleozoic, or Mesozoic fossils in Hawaii.

Cenozoic

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

Living Acropora cerealis stony coral

Restorative model of an Apteribis flightless ibis

• Acar
  • †Acar plicata
• Acropora – tentative report
• Acropora
  • †Acropora cerealis – tentative report
• Acrosterigma
  • †Acrosterigma orbita
• Amphisorus
• Amphistegina
  • †Amphistegina lessonii
• †Aplodon
  • †Aplodon tectus
• †Apteribis
  • †Apteribis glenos
• Arca
  • †Arca ventricosa
  • †Arca vetula
• Astrea
  • †Astrea curta – or unidentified comparable form

B

Shell of a Barbatia, or bearded ark clam

Shell of a Bursa corrugata frog shell sea snail

• Barbatia
  • †Barbatia hawaia
  • †Barbatia hendersoni
  • †Barbatia oahua
  • †Barbatia tenella
• Bostrycapulus
  • †Bostrycapulus gravispinosa
• Brachidontes
  • †Brachidontes crebristriatus
• Branta
  • †Branta hylobadistes – or unidentified related form
• Bulla
  • †Bulla peasei
• Bursa
  • †Bursa bufonia
  • †Bursa corrugata

C

Canarium

Shell of a Cellana exarata, or black-foot opihi limpet

Two views of the shell of a Cerithium echinatum cerith sea snail

Illustration of a Chaetoptila angustipluma, or kioea

Illustration of a CiridopsHawaiian honeycreeper

Conus ebraeus

Conus geographus

Multiple views of a shell of a Cypraea cowrie sea snail

• Calcarina – or unidentified comparable form
• Calliotrochus
  • †Calliotrochus marmoreus
• †Canarium
  • †Canarium maculatus
  • †Canarium mutabilis
• Cancilla
  • †Cancilla granatina
• Carcharodon
• Casmaria
  • †Casmaria cernica
  • †Casmaria erinaceus
  • †Casmaria ponderosa
• Cellana
  • †Cellana argentata
  • †Cellana exarata
  • †Cellana melanostoma
• Cerithiopsis
  • †Cerithiopsis radicula
• Cerithium
  • †Cerithium columna
  • †Cerithium echinatum
  • †Cerithium interstria
  • †Cerithium mutatum
• †Chaetoptila
• Chama
  • †Chama limbula
• Charonia
  • †Charonia triton
• Cheilea
  • †Cheilea cicatricosa
  • †Cheilea dillwyni
• Chlamys
  • †Chlamys cookei
  • †Chlamys hawaiensis
• Circus
  • †Circus dossenus – type locality for species
• †Ciridops
• Clava
  • †Clava atromarginatum
  • †Clava nesioticus
• Clypeomorus
  • †Clypeomorus graniferum
  • †Clypeomorus obeliscus
• Codakia
  • †Codakia thaanumi
• Columbella
  • †Columbella varians
• Conus
  • †Conus abbreviatus
  • †Conus aulicus
  • †Conus catus
  • †Conus chaldaeus
  • †Conus ebraeus
  • †Conus flavidus
  • †Conus geographus
  • †Conus granifer – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Conus imperialis – 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 – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Conus sponsalis
  • †Conus striatus
  • †Conus tulipa
  • †Conus vexillum
• Coralliobia
  • †Coralliobia fimbriatus
• Coralliophila
  • †Coralliophila madreporarum
  • †Coralliophila violacea
• Corvus
• Cribrarula
  • †Cribrarula gaskoini
• Ctena
  • †Ctena bella
• Cycloseris
• Cymatium
  • †Cymatium gemmatum
  • †Cymatium mundum
• Cyphastrea
  • †Cyphastrea ocellina
• Cypraea

D

Shell of a Dolicholatirus sea snail

• Daphnella
  • †Daphnella ornata
• Dendropoma
  • †Dendropoma maximus
• Diodora
  • †Diodora granifera
• †Dolicholatirus
  • †Dolicholatirus acus
• Drupa
  • †Drupa albolabris
  • †Drupa morum
  • †Drupa ricina
  • †Drupa rubusidaeus

E

A living Monetaria caputserpentis, or snakehead cowry

• Erosaria
  • †Erosaria caputserpentis
  • †Erosaria erosa
  • †Erosaria helvola
  • †Erosaria labrolineata
  • †Erosaria poraria

F

Living Favites stony coral

• Favia
• Favites
  • †Favites chinensis – or unidentified comparable form
• Flabellipecten
  • †Flabellipecten stearnsii
• Fungia
  • †Fungia scutaria
• Fusinus

G

Living Galaxea stony coral

A Gastrochaena marine bivalve

• †Galaxea
  • †Galaxea haligena – or unidentified comparable form
• Gardineroseris
  • †Gardineroseris planulata
• Gastrochaena
  • †Gastrochaena hawaiensis
• Globulina
• †Grallistrix
  • †Grallistrix geleches – type locality for species
  • †Grallistrix orion – type locality for species
• Gutturinium
  • †Gutturinium muricinum
• Gypsina

H

A living Haliaeetus, or sea eagle

A living Harpa amouretta, or lesser harp sea snail

A living Heterocentrotus mamillatus, or red slate pencil urchin

• Haliaeetus
• †Halimeda
• Haminoea
  • †Haminoea curta
• Harpa
  • †Harpa amouretta
  • †Harpa armouret – or unidentified comparable form
• Hastula
  • †Hastula confusa
  • †Hastula mera
  • †Hastula verreauxi
• Heliacus
  • †Heliacus variegata
• Heterocentrotus
  • †Heterocentrotus mammillatus
• Heterostegina
• Hipponix
  • †Hipponix foliacea
  • †Hipponix pilosa
• Hydrolithon
  • †Hydrolithon munitum
  • †Hydrolithon onkodes
  • †Hydrolithon rupestre

I

• Isognomon
  • †Isognomon marspiallis

L

A modern Lamna mackerel shark

Shell of a Linatella triton sea snail

Lithophyllum red algae

Shell in multiple views of a Lyncina vitellus, or calf cowry

• Lamna
• Leptastrea – tentative report
• Leptastrea
  • †Leptastrea purpurea
• Leptoseris – tentative report
• Leptoseris
  • †Leptoseris hawaiiensis
• Linatella
  • †Linatella succinta – or unidentified comparable form
• Liocerithium
  • †Liocerithium thaanumi
• †Litharium
  • †Litharium oceanida
• Lithophaga
  • †Lithophaga hawaia
• Lithophyllum
  • †Lithophyllum acrocamptum
  • †Lithophyllum incrassatum
  • †Lithophyllum insipidum
  • †Lithophyllum pustulatum
• †Lithoporella
  • †Lithoporella melobesiodes
• Lithothamnion
  • †Lithothamnion muelleri
  • †Lithothamnion prolifer
  • †Lithothamnion pulchrum
• Littoraria
  • †Littoraria pintado
• Luria
  • †Luria isabella
  • †Luria tessellata
• Lyncina
  • †Lyncina carneola
  • †Lyncina leviathan
  • †Lyncina schilderorum
  • †Lyncina vitellus

M

Living Mesophyllum red algae

Shell in multiple views of a Mitra stictica, or pontifical mitre shell sea snail

Shell in multiple views of a Mitra tabanula mitre shell sea snail

Living Montipora aequituberculata stony coral

• Mauritia
  • †Mauritia maculifera
  • †Mauritia mauritiana
  • †Mauritia scurra
• Mesophyllum
• †Micromelo
  • †Micromelo guamensis
• †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 – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Mitra mitra
  • †Mitra pellisserpentis
  • †Mitra stictica
  • †Mitra tabanula
• Monoplex
  • †Monoplex nicobaricus
  • †Monoplex pilearis
• Montipora – tentative report
• Montipora
  • †Montipora hispida
• Morula
• †Morulina
  • †Morulina chrysostoma
  • †Morulina morus
  • †Morulina ochrostoma

N

A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail

A living Numenius tahitiensis, or bristle-thighed curlew

• Nassa
  • †Nassa francolinus
• Nassarius
  • †Nassarius crematus
  • †Nassarius hirtus
  • †Nassarius pauperus
  • †Nassarius pictus
• Natica
  • †Natica lurida
• †Neogoniolithon
  • †Neogoniolithon fosliei
• Nerita
  • †Nerita neglecta
  • †Nerita picea
• Neritina
  • †Neritina turrita
• Numenius
  • †Numenius tahitiensis

O

Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster

• Oliva
  • †Oliva sandwicensis
• Ostrea
  • †Ostrea kamehameha
  • †Ostrea retusa
  • †Ostrea sandvichensis
  • †Ostrea thaanumi
• †Oxyrhina

P

Living Pavona duerdeni, or porkchop coral

Living Peyssonnelia red algae

Living Pocillopora verrucosa, or cauliflower coral

A living Porzana

A living Pterodroma, or gadfly petrel

• Pavona – tentative report
• Pavona
  • †Pavona duerdeni
  • †Pavona varians
• Peneroplis
• Periglypta
  • †Periglypta reticulata
• Peristernia
  • †Peristernia chlorostoma
• Peyssonnelia
• †Phaeornis
  • †Phaeornis obscurus
• Pinctada
  • †Pinctada margaritifera
• Pisania
  • †Pisania ignea
  • †Pisania marmorata
• †Planorbinella
• Platygyra
• Plesiotrochus
  • †Plesiotrochus exilis
• Pocillopora
  • †Pocillopora damicornis
  • †Pocillopora eydouxi
  • †Pocillopora ligulata
  • †Pocillopora molekensis
  • †Pocillopora verrucosa – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Pocillopora verrucosa
• Polinices
  • †Polinices opaca
• Porites
  • †Porites compressa – tentative report
  • †Porites compressa
  • †Porites lobata
• †Porolithon
  • †Porolithon gardineri
• Porzana
  • †Porzana ralphorum – type locality for species
  • †Porzana ziegleri – type locality for species
• Proterato
  • †Proterato sandwichensis
• Psammocora
• Pterodroma
  • †Pterodroma hypoleuca
  • †Pterodroma jugabilis – type locality for species
  • †Pterodroma phaeopygia
• Purpura
  • †Purpura intermedia
• †Purpuradusta
  • †Purpuradusta fimbriata
• Pustularia
  • †Pustularia cicercula
• Pyrene
  • †Pyrene moleculina

Q

• Quidnipagus
  • †Quidnipagus palatum
• Quinqueloculina

R

Shell in multiple views of a Rissoina ambigua sea snail

• Rhinoclavis
  • †Rhinoclavis articulata
• Rissoina
  • †Rissoina ambigua
  • †Rissoina triticea

S

Living Seriatopora hystrix, or thin birdsnest coral

Shell in multiple views of a Staphylaea cowry

Living Stylophora pistillata, or hood coral

• †Scutarcopagia
  • †Scutarcopagia scobinata
• Semele
  • †Semele tita
• Septifer
  • †Septifer excisus
• Seriatopora
  • †Seriatopora hystrix – or unidentified comparable form
• Spondylus
  • †Spondylus mimus
• †Spongites
• †Sporolithon
  • †Sporolithon episoredion
  • †Sporolithon molle
  • †Sporolithon ptychoides
• Staphylaea
  • †Staphylaea granulata
• Stilifer
  • †Stilifer speciosa
• Strombus
  • †Strombus aurisdianae
  • †Strombus chiragra – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Strombus chiragra
  • †Strombus erythrinus
  • †Strombus gibberulus
  • †Strombus helli
  • †Strombus oostergaardi
• Stylophora
  • †Stylophora gemmans
  • †Stylophora pistillata

T

Video of a living Talostolida teres, or tapering cowry

A living Talparia talpa, or chocolate banded cowry

Shell of a Terebra augur sea snail

Life restoration of a flock of Thambetochen xanion, or O'ahu moa-nalo

Life restoration of a pair of Thambetochen chauliodous, or Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo

• Talostolida
  • †Talostolida teres
• Talparia
  • †Talparia talpa
• Tellina
  • †Tellina dispar
• Terebra
  • †Terebra affinis – or unidentified comparable form
  • †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
  • †Titanoderma prototypum
• Tonna
  • †Tonna perdix
• Trapezium
  • †Trapezium oblongum
• †Tridentarius
  • †Tridentarius dentatus
• Triphora
  • †Triphora cingulifera
• †Tritonoturris
  • †Tritonoturris cumingii
• Trivirostra
  • †Trivirostra hordacea
  • †Trivirostra pellucidula
• Trochus
  • †Trochus sandwichensis
• Turbo
  • †Turbo intercostalis
  • †Turbo sandwicensis
  • †Turbo setosus
• †Turridrupa
  • †Turridrupa astricta
• Turris
  • †Turris amicta
• Tutufa
  • †Tutufa bubo

V

Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-modern Vermetus, or worm shell sea snail

• Vanikoro
  • †Vanikoro semiplicata
• Vermetus
• Vexillum
  • †Vexillum approxima
  • †Vexillum aureolata
  • †Vexillum bellum
  • †Vexillum consanguinea
  • †Vexillum nodosa
  • †Vexillum semifasciata
• Vitularia
  • †Vitularia miliaris
  • †Vitularia sandwichensis

X

• Xenoturris
  • †Xenoturris gemmuloides – or unidentified comparable form

Z

Shell in multiple views of a Zebina sea snail

• Zebina
  • †Zebina affinis

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)