PBDB Collection

Emeryville shellmound (Uhle stratum 4) (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)

• Maximum date from underlying stratum 5; minimum date from stratum 3 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 194908: 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
Accipitriformes - Accipitridae	Buteo sp., "Accipiter cooperi" = Accipiter cooperii Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799 hawk "Accipiter cooperi" = Accipiter cooperii Bonaparte 1828 Cooper's hawk
Galliformes - Odontophoridae	Odontophoridae indet. Odontophoridae indet. Gould 1844 New World quail Callipepla californica/Oreortyx pictus
Charadriiformes - Laridae	Larus "sp. large" Larus "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 gull
Charadriiformes - Alcoidae	Uria sp. Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk
Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae	Limosa fedoa, Calidris sp., Numenius americanus Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit Calidris sp. Gmelin 1789 snipe C. alba/alpina Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew
Falconiformes - Falconidae	Falco sp. Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758 falcon Falco peregrinus/mexicanus
Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae	Phoebastria albatrus Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross
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 immer, Gavia stellata Gavia immer Brunnich 1764 Common loon Gavia stellata Pontoppidan 1763 Red-throated loon
Anseriformes - Anatidae	Anserinae "indet. small", Anserinae "indet. medium", "Chen rossii" = Anser rossii, Branta hutchinsii, Anatinae "indet. small", Anatinae "indet. large", Anas "teal sp.", Anas sp., Anas platyrhynchos, Melanitta sp., Mergus serrator, Aythya sp., Oxyura jamaicensis Anserinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 goose Anserinae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 goose "Chen rossii" = Anser rossii Cassin 1861 Ross's goose Branta hutchinsii Richardson 1832 cackling goose ssp. cf. minima Anatinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 duck Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck Anas "teal sp." Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard Melanitta sp. Boie 1822 scoter Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758 red-breasted merganser Aythya sp. Boie 1822 pochard Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin 1789 Ruddy duck
Passeriformes - Corvidae	Corvus brachyrhynchos Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow
Gruiformes - Gruidae	"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis "Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane
Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae	Aechmophorus sp., Podiceps sp. Aechmophorus sp. Coues 1862 grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis/clarkii Podiceps sp. Latham 1787 grebe Podiceps auritus/nigricollis
Cathartiformes - Cathartidae	Cathartes aura Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture