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)
• Equivalent to stratum 1 in Uhle excavation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic, midden
Collected by Nels Nelson in 1906
• 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 194916: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant | |
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow | |
Anserinae "indet. small", Anserinae "indet. medium", Anatinae "indet. large", Aythya sp., Anas "teal sp.", Melanitta sp.
Anserinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 goose
Anserinae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 goose
Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck
Aythya sp. Boie 1822 pochard
Anas "teal sp." Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Melanitta sp. Boie 1822 scoter | |
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew |