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[]

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[]

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[]

• Acar
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• Acropora
  • †Acropora cerealis – tentative report
• Acrosterigma
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• Amphistegina
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• 

  Restorative model of an Apteribis flightless ibis
  †Apteribis
  • †Apteribis glenos
• Arca
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• • † – or unidentified comparable form

B[]

• 

  Shell of a Barbatia, or bearded ark clam
  Barbatia
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• Bostrycapulus
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• Brachidontes
  • †Brachidontes crebristriatus
• Branta
  • †Branta hylobadistes – or unidentified related form
• Bulla
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• Bursa
  • †Bursa bufonia
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    Shell of a Bursa corrugata frog shell sea snail
    †Bursa corrugata

C[]

• – or unidentified comparable form
• Calliotrochus
  • †Calliotrochus marmoreus
• 

  Foliage of a living Canarium tree
  †Canarium
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• Cancilla
  • †Cancilla granatina
• Carcharodon
• Casmaria
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  • †Casmaria erinaceus
  • †Casmaria ponderosa
• Cellana
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  • †Cellana exarata
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• Cerithiopsis
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• Cerithium
  • †Cerithium columna
  • †Cerithium echinatum
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• 

  Illustration of a Chaetoptila angustipluma, or kioea
  †Chaetoptila
• Chama
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• Charonia
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• Cheilea
  • †Cheilea cicatricosa
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• Chlamys
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• Circus
  • †Circus dossenus – type locality for species
• 

  Illustration of a CiridopsHawaiian honeycreeper
  †Ciridops
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• Clypeomorus
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• Codakia
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• Columbella
  • †Columbella varians
• Conus
  • †Conus abbreviatus
  • †Conus aulicus
  • †Conus catus
  • †Conus chaldaeus
  • †Conus ebraeus
  • †Conus flavidus
  • 

    A living Conus geographus, or the geography cone sea snail
    †Conus geographus
  • † – 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
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  • †Conus planorbis
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  • †Conus praelatus
  • †Conus pulicarius
  • †Conus rattus
  • †Conus retifer
  • †Conus sponsalis
  • †Conus striatus
  • †Conus tulipa
  • †Conus vexillum
• Coralliobia
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• Coralliophila
  • †Coralliophila madreporarum
  • †Coralliophila violacea
• Corvus
• Cribrarula
  • †Cribrarula gaskoini
• Ctena
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• Cycloseris
• Cymatium
  • †Cymatium gemmatum
  • †Cymatium mundum
• Cyphastrea
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• 

  Multiple views of a shell of a Cypraea cowrie sea snail
  Cypraea

D[]

• Daphnella
  • †Daphnella ornata
• Dendropoma
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• Diodora
  • †Diodora granifera
• 

  Shell of a Dolicholatirus sea snail
  †Dolicholatirus
  • †Dolicholatirus acus
• Drupa
  • †Drupa albolabris
  • †Drupa morum
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  • †Drupa rubusidaeus

E[]

• Erosaria
  • 

    A living Monetaria caputserpentis, or snakehead cowry
    †Erosaria caputserpentis
  • †Erosaria erosa
  • †Erosaria helvola
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  • †Erosaria poraria

F[]

• Favia
• 

  Living Favites stony coral
  Favites
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
• Flabellipecten
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• Fungia
  • †Fungia scutaria
• Fusinus

G[]

• 

  Living Galaxea stony coral
  †Galaxea
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
• • †
• Gastrochaena
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• Globulina
• †Grallistrix
  • † – type locality for species
  • † – type locality for species
• • †

H[]

• 

  A living Haliaeetus, or sea eagle
  Haliaeetus
• †Halimeda
• Haminoea
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• Harpa
  • †Harpa amouretta
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
• Hastula
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• Heliacus
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• 

  A living Heterocentrotus mamillatus, or red slate pencil urchin
  Heterocentrotus
  • †Heterocentrotus mammillatus
• Hipponix
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• • †
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I[]

• Isognomon
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L[]

• 

  A modern Lamna mackerel shark
  Lamna
• Leptastrea
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• Leptoseris
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• Linatella
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
• • †
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• Lithophaga
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• 

  Lithophyllum red algae
  Lithophyllum
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• Lithothamnion
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• Littoraria
  • †Littoraria pintado
• Luria
  • †Luria isabella
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• Lyncina
  • †Lyncina carneola
  • †Lyncina leviathan
  • †Lyncina schilderorum
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    Shell in multiple views of a Lyncina vitellus, or calf cowry
    †Lyncina vitellus

M[]

• Mauritia
  • †Mauritia maculifera
  • †Mauritia mauritiana
  • †Mauritia scurra
• 

  Living Mesophyllum red algae
  Mesophyllum
• †Micromelo
  • †Micromelo guamensis
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
• Mitra
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  • †Mitra assimilis
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  • †Mitra brunnea
  • †Mitra chrysalis
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  • †Mitra fulvescens
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  • †Mitra litterata
  • †Mitra lutea
  • †Mitra mitra
  • †Mitra pellisserpentis
  • 

    Shell in multiple views of a Mitra stictica, or pontifical mitre shell sea snail
    †Mitra stictica
  • †Mitra tabanula
• Monoplex
  • †Monoplex nicobaricus
  • †Monoplex pilearis
• Montipora
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• Morula
• †Morulina
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N[]

• Nassa
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• 

  A living Nassarius, or nassa mud snail
  Nassarius
  • †Nassarius crematus
  • †Nassarius hirtus
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• Natica
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• Nerita
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  • †Nerita picea
• Neritina
  • †Neritina turrita
• Numenius
  • 

    A living Numenius tahitiensis, or bristle-thighed curlew
    †Numenius tahitiensis

O[]

• Oliva
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• 

  Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster
  Ostrea
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• †Oxyrhina

P[]

• Pavona
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    Living Pavona duerdeni, or porkchop coral
    †Pavona duerdeni
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• Peneroplis
• Periglypta
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• Peristernia
  • †Peristernia chlorostoma
• Peyssonnelia
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• Pinctada
  • †Pinctada margaritifera
• Pisania
  • †Pisania ignea
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• Platygyra
• Plesiotrochus
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• Pocillopora
  • †Pocillopora damicornis
  • †Pocillopora eydouxi
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    Living Pocillopora verrucosa, or cauliflower coral
    †Pocillopora verrucosa
• Polinices
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• Porites
  • †Porites compressa
  • †Porites lobata
• †Porolithon
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• Porzana
  • †Porzana ralphorum – type locality for species
  • † – type locality for species
• Proterato
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• Psammocora
• 

  A living Pterodroma, or gadfly petrel
  Pterodroma
  • †Pterodroma hypoleuca
  • †Pterodroma jugabilis – type locality for species
  • †Pterodroma phaeopygia
• Purpura
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• †Purpuradusta
  • †Purpuradusta fimbriata
• Pustularia
  • †Pustularia cicercula
• Pyrene
  • †Pyrene moleculina

Q[]

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• Quinqueloculina

R[]

• Rhinoclavis
  • †Rhinoclavis articulata
• Rissoina
  • 

    Shell in multiple views of a Rissoina ambigua sea snail
    †Rissoina ambigua
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S[]

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• Semele
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• Septifer
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• Seriatopora
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    Living Seriatopora hystrix, or thin birdsnest coral
    †Seriatopora hystrix – or unidentified comparable form
• Spondylus
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• †Sporolithon
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  • †Sporolithon ptychoides
• Staphylaea
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• Stilifer
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• Strombus
  • †Strombus aurisdianae
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  • †Strombus erythrinus
  • †Strombus gibberulus
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• Stylophora
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    Living Stylophora pistillata, or hood coral
    †Stylophora pistillata

T[]

• Talostolida
  • †Talostolida teres
• Talparia
  • †Talparia talpa
• Tellina
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• 

  Shell of a Terebra augur sea snail
  Terebra
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Terebra cerithina
  • †Terebra chlorata
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  • †Terebra felina
  • †Terebra flavescens
  • †Terebra funiculata
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  • †Terebra maculata
  • †Terebra nodularis
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  • †Terebra undulata
• Textularia
• †Thambetochen
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    Life restoration of a pair of Thambetochen chauliodous, or Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo
    †Thambetochen chauliodous
  • †Thambetochen xanion – type locality for species
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• Tonna
  • †Tonna perdix
• • †
• †Tridentarius
  • †Tridentarius dentatus
• Triphora
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• †Tritonoturris
  • †Tritonoturris cumingii
• Trivirostra
  • †Trivirostra hordacea
  • †Trivirostra pellucidula
• Trochus
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• Turbo
  • †Turbo intercostalis
  • †Turbo sandwicensis
  • †Turbo setosus
• †Turridrupa
  • †Turridrupa astricta
• Turris
  • †Turris amicta
• Tutufa
  • †Tutufa bubo

V[]

• Vanikoro
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• 

  Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-modern Vermetus, or worm shell sea snail
  Vermetus
• Vexillum
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  • †Vexillum bellum
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• Vitularia
  • †Vitularia miliaris
  • †Vitularia sandwichensis

X[]

• • † – or unidentified comparable form

Z[]

• 

  Shell in multiple views of a Zebina sea snail
  Zebina
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References[]

• "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.