Emeryville shellmound (Uhle stratum 6) (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)

• 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 194910: 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
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Asio sp.
Asio sp. Brisson 1760 true owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anserinae "indet. small", Anserinae "indet. medium", "Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens, Anatinae "indet. small", Anatinae "indet. large", Aythya sp., Melanitta sp., Mergus serrator, Anas sp., Anas platyrhynchos
Anserinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 goose
Anserinae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 goose
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Anatinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 duck
Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck
Aythya sp. Boie 1822 pochard
Melanitta sp. Boie 1822 scoter
Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758 red-breasted merganser
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus corax, Corvus brachyrhynchos
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp., Phalacrocorax penicillatus, Phalacrocorax auritus, Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus sp.
Pelecanus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pelican
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea herodias
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet., Numenius americanus
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snipe
L. fedoa/N. phaeopus
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus "sp. large", Larus "sp. small"
Larus "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 gull
Larus "sp. small" Linnaeus 1758 gull
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Uria sp., Uria aalge
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo sp.
Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799 hawk