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)
• 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 194909: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew | |
Larus "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 gull | |
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk | |
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant | |
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron | |
Gavia immer Brunnich 1764 Common loon | |
Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture | |
Anatinae "indet. small", Anatinae "indet. large", Aythya marila, Melanitta sp., Anas sp., Anas platyrhynchos, Anserinae "indet. small", Anserinae "indet. medium", "Chen rossii" = Anser rossii, Branta canadensis
Anatinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 duck
Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck
Aythya marila Linnaeus 1761 greater scaup
Melanitta sp. Boie 1822 scoter
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Anserinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 goose
Anserinae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 goose
"Chen rossii" = Anser rossii Cassin 1861 Ross's goose | |
Strigidae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 true owl
"Otus kennicottii" = Megascops kennicottii Elliot 1867 western screech-owl
Asio sp. Brisson 1760 true owl | |
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane | |
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Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow | |
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk
Accipitridae "indet. small" Viellot 1816 hawk
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Buteo regalis Gray 1844 ferruginous hawk | |
Callipepla californica Shaw 1798 California quail | |
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