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 194911: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Circus cyaneus Linnaeus 1766 Hen harrier
Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799 hawk | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Anatinae "indet. small", Anatinae "indet. large", Anas sp., Aythya sp., Anserinae "indet. small", Anserinae "indet. medium", "Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens, Branta hutchinsii, Branta canadensis
Anatinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 duck
Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Aythya sp. Boie 1822 pochard
Anserinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 goose
Anserinae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 goose
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose | |
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow | |
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant | |
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican | |
Botaurus lentiginosus Rackett 1813 American bittern | |
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew | |
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk | |
Larus "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 gull | |
Callipepla californica Shaw 1798 California quail |