Summer Haven Midden (Holocene of the United States)

Also known as SJ 46

Where: St. Johns County, Florida (29.7° N, 81.2° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° N, 81.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: P. Brodkorb. 1960. Great Auk and Common Murre from a Florida Midden. The Auk 77(3):343-343 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 122303: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.12.2011, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 northern gannett
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia immer Brunnich 1764 Common loon
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Pinguinus impennis Linnaeus 1758 Great auk
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise