Emeryville shellmound (Uhle stratum 3) (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Alameda County, California (37.8° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 122.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Radiocarbon age from equivalent stratum in Nelson excavation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic, midden

Collected by Max Uhle, John Merriam in 1902

• Repository: Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology (PAHMA) at the University of California, Berkeley

Primary reference: J. M. Broughton. 2004. Prehistoric human impacts on California birds: evidence from the Emeryville shellmoumd avifauna. Ornithological Monographs 56:1-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 194907: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Branta hutchinsii cf. minima, Anserinae "indet. small", Anserinae "indet. medium", "Chen rossii" = Anser rossii, "Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens, Oxyura jamaicensis, Anatinae "indet. small", Anatinae "indet. large", Aythya cf. marila, Aythya marila, Aythya affinis, "Aythya cf. valisneria" = Aythya valisineria, Anas "teal sp.", Anas sp., Anas platyrhynchos, Melanitta sp., Melanitta fusca, Melanitta perspicillata, Bucephala sp., Bucephala albeola
Anserinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 goose
Anserinae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 goose
"Chen rossii" = Anser rossii Cassin 1861 Ross's goose
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin 1789 Ruddy duck
Anatinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 duck
Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck
Aythya cf. marila Linnaeus 1761 greater scaup
Aythya marila Linnaeus 1761 greater scaup
Aythya affinis Eyton 1838 lesser scaup
"Aythya cf. valisneria" = Aythya valisineria Wilson 1814 canvasback
Anas "teal sp." Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Melanitta sp. Boie 1822 scoter
Includes 5 M. perspicillata/fusca and 1 M. perspicillata/nigra
Melanitta fusca Linnaeus 1758 velvet scoter
Melanitta perspicillata Linnaeus 1758 surf scoter
Bucephala sp. Baird 1858 seaduck
Bucephala clangula/islandica
Bucephala albeola Linnaeus 1758 bufflehead
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica americana
Fulica americana Gmelin 1789 American coot
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps sp., Podiceps nigricollis, Aechmophorus sp.
Podiceps sp. Latham 1787 grebe
Podiceps auritus/nigricollis
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe
Aechmophorus sp. Coues 1862 grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis/clarkii
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp., Phalacrocorax penicillatus, Phalacrocorax auritus
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia stellata
Gavia stellata Pontoppidan 1763 Red-throated loon
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet., "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata, Limosa fedoa, Limnodromus sp., Numenius americanus
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snipe
L. fedoa/N. phaeopus
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
Limnodromus sp. Wied-Neuwied 1833 dowitcher
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Uria sp., Uria aalge
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus "sp. large", Larus "sp. small"
Larus "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 gull
Larus "sp. small" Linnaeus 1758 gull
 Charadriiformes - Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostra americana
Recurvirostra americana Gmelin 1789 American avocet
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Charadrius vociferus, Pluvialis squatarola
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 killdeer
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo sp., Buteo lineatus
Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799 hawk
Buteo lineatus Gmelin 1788 red-shouldered hawk